Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD A10-7890K

Intel Core i5-7500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7500
AMD A10-7890K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2016
AMD A10-7890K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    166%
  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    166%
  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    166%
  • AMD A10-7890K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 66% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 66% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 66% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7890K

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 A10-7890K
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 A10-7890K
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsKaveri
Release DateSep 2016vsJan 2016

Cores

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-7890K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsRadeon R7

Cache

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-7890K
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 A10-7890K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp72°Cvs74°C
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7500AMD A10-7890K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    4080 points
  • AMD A10-7890K
    2709 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16320 points
  • AMD A10-7890K
    8568 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    1489
  • AMD A10-7890K
    901

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    16155
  • AMD A10-7890K
    12401

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    125
  • AMD A10-7890K
    77.79

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    386.79
  • AMD A10-7890K
    203.02

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    599
  • AMD A10-7890K
    336

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-7500
    162
  • AMD A10-7890K (simulated)
    93.92

points - higher is better