AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i5-2300

AMD A10-7890K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2016
AMD A10-7890K
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    113%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    118%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7890K

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2300

8% higher single threaded performance.
18% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2300

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2300

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
ArchitectureAMD SteamrollervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKaverivsSandy Bridge
Release DateJan 2016vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
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 A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs216mm²
Process28 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-7890KIntel Core i5-2300
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7890K
    2709 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    3100 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-7890K
    8568 points
  • Intel Core i5-2300
    11200 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7890K
    336
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    398.79

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-7890K (simulated)
    93.92
  • Intel Core i5-2300 (simulated)
    102.22

points - higher is better