AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Core i5-2400

AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    129%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    135%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    126%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 35% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2014vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs216mm²
Process28 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7700KIntel Core i5-2400
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    3400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    12400 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    8204

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    2633

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A10-7700K
    4500
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    5715

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A10-7700K
    3004
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    4425

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A10-7700K
    9821
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    15344

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    3.45
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    5.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    83
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (simulated)
    112.11

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7700K
    285
  • Intel Core i5-2400 (simulated)
    441.52

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A10-7700K
    18.8
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    11.1

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A10-7700K
    13.7
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    11.7

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2098
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    3194

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A10-7700K
    110
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    137

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A10-7700K
    23.1
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    26.7

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A10-7700K
    2.1
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    2.4

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.42
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    0.38

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.24
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    0.21

GB/s