AMD A8-5600K vs Intel Core i5-4690K

AMD A8-5600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A8-5600K
Intel Core i5-4690K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2014
Intel Core i5-4690K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    197%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    185%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    208%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5600K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4690K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 85% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 108% 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 97% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-4690K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4690K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-4690K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4690K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
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 A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsHaswell
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2014

Cores

AMD A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7560DvsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
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 A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-5600KIntel Core i5-4690K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs88 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2379 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5600K
    7202 points
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    15680 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    5406
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    11931

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2270
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    4110

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    6315
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    13301

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    1915
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    3722

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    87
  • Intel Core i5-4690K (simulated)
    158.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    292
  • Intel Core i5-4690K
    568

points - higher is better