AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Celeron G1820

AMD A8-6600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6600K
Intel Celeron G1820
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Dec 2013
Intel Celeron G1820

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    121%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    110%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    153%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 53% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G1820

10% higher single threaded performance.
46 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A8-6600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A8-6600K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2013vsDec 2013

Cores

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8570DvsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp74°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-6600KIntel Celeron G1820
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-6600K
    2562 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3024 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-6600K
    7803 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    6048 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    5794
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3832

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    2049
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    2194

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    95.45
  • Intel Celeron G1820 (simulated)
    109.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    310.1
  • Intel Celeron G1820 (simulated)
    199.61

points - higher is better