AMD A6-6400K vs Intel Core i5-2500S

AMD A6-6400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A6-6400K
Intel Core i5-2500S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2500S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    191%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    136%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    246%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500S

Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 146% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 91% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2500S

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2500S

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2500S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2500S

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
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 A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsSandy Bridge
Release DateJun 2013vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8470DvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
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 A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp70°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-6400KIntel Core i5-2500S
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    2501 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    3700 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3901 points
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    10800 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3062
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    7169

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-6400K
    1973
  • Intel Core i5-2500S
    2647

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    88
  • Intel Core i5-2500S (simulated)
    122

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    149
  • Intel Core i5-2500S (simulated)
    384.55

points - higher is better