AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Core i3-4160

AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
Intel Core i3-4160

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    140%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    164%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    117%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4160

Much higher single threaded performance (around 64% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
17% higher multi threaded performance.
41 watts lower power draw.
Around 40% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-4160

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-4160

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsHaswell
Release DateJan 2014vsJul 2014

Cores

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process28 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i3-4160
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    9676 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    6647

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061
  • Intel Core i3-4160
    3151

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    83
  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    145.85

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    285
  • Intel Core i3-4160 (simulated)
    360

points - higher is better