AMD A10-6790K vs Intel Core i7-4770K

AMD A10-6790K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2013
AMD A10-6790K
Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    206%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    170%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-6790K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    242%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-6790K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 70% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 142% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 106% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-4770K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4770K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-4770K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-4770K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsHaswell
Release DateOct 2013vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8670DvsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-6790KIntel Core i7-4770K
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2623 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-6790K
    8003 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    5866
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    14322

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-6790K
    2067
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    3723

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    97.73
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    158

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-6790K (simulated)
    318.05
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    765

points - higher is better