AMD A8-6600K vs Intel Core i5-3470T

AMD A8-6600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6600K
Intel Core i5-3470T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2012
Intel Core i5-3470T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    117%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    136%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3470T

Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
65 watts lower power draw.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-3470T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
TXT
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-3470T
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2013vsJun 2012

Cores

AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-3470T
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8570DvsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-3470T
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 Core i5-3470T
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp74°Cvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs93mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-6600KIntel Core i5-3470T
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs2900 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-6600K
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    3708 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-6600K
    7803 points
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    5974 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    5794
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    5793

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    2275
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    3020

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    6287
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    6230

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-6600K
    2049
  • Intel Core i5-3470T
    2860

points - higher is better