AMD A10-8780P vs Intel Core i7-5500U

AMD A10-8780P
BGA (FP4)MOBILE
2000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2015
AMD A10-8780P
Intel Core i7-5500U
MOBILE
2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / unknown
Intel Core i7-5500U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-8780P
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    130%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-8780P
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    152%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-8780P
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-8780P

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-5500U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 52% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
9% higher multi threaded performance.
50 watts lower power draw.
Around 30% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-5500U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-5500U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache
ADX
RDSEED
PREFETCHW
HTT

Architecture

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameCarrizovsBroadwell-U
Release DateMar 2015vsunknown

Cores

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R8vsIntel HD 5500

Cache

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
SocketBGA (FP4)vs
Max Case Temp90°Cvs105°C
Packagemicro-BGAvs
Die Size245mm²vsunknown
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A10-8780PIntel Core i7-5500U
Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clock3300 MHzvs3000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-8780P
    2277 points
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    3360 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-8780P
    4802 points
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    6451 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-8780P (simulated)
    79.59
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    121

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-8780P (simulated)
    263.81
  • Intel Core i7-5500U
    289

points - higher is better