AMD A10-7870K vs Intel Core i5-6600K

AMD A10-7870K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2015
AMD A10-7870K
Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7870K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    174%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7870K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    176%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7870K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    172%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7870K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 76% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 72% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 74% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6600K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameKaverivsSkylake
Release DateMay 2015vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsHD Graphics 530

Cache

AMD A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
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 A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vsunknown
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7870KIntel Core i5-6600K
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7870K
    2583 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    4485 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7870K
    8353 points
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    16100 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

7-zip

  • AMD A10-7870K
    11880
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    15519

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD A10-7870K
    74.32
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    124.08

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD A10-7870K
    194.09
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    387.48

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7870K
    320
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    602

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7870K (simulated)
    89.55
  • Intel Core i5-6600K
    166

points - higher is better