Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD A10-6700

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
AMD A10-6700
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A10-6700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    184%
  • AMD A10-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    165%
  • AMD A10-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    203%
  • AMD A10-6700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 65% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 103% 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 84% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-6700

None

Intel Core i5-7500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7500

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsRichland
Release DateSep 2016vsJun 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsRadeon HD 8670D

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp72°Cvs71°C
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-6700
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • AMD A10-6700
    2623 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • AMD A10-6700
    7402 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    599
  • AMD A10-6700 (simulated)
    294.2

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    162
  • AMD A10-6700 (simulated)
    97.73

points - higher is better