AMD A10-7850K vs Intel Core i7-6700K

AMD A10-7850K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7850K
Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2015
Intel Core i7-6700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    213%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    192%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7850K
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    225%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7850K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-6700K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 92% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 125% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 113% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-6700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-6700K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameKaverivsSkylake
Release DateJan 2014vsAug 2015

Cores

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsHD Graphics 530

Cache

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
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 A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vsunknown
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7850KIntel Core i7-6700K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2520 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4830 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7850K
    7925 points
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    22264 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    6444
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    17181

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2346
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4980

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    7176
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    19391

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2173
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4422

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A10-7850K
    4748
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9037

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A10-7850K
    3216
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6487

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A10-7850K
    10278
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    25817

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    1.01
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    1.97

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    3.59
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9.65

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    86
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    177.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7850K
    318
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    880

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A10-7850K
    18.1
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    9

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A10-7850K
    13.1
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    6.66

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2140
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    5877

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A10-7850K
    114
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    204.75

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A10-7850K
    24.1
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    54.58

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A10-7850K
    2.2
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    4.35

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A10-7850K
    0.44
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.73

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A10-7850K
    0.27
  • Intel Core i7-6700K
    0.45

GB/s