AMD A10-5700 vs Intel Core i7-870S

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-5700 and Intel Core i7-870S processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-5700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 82 Watt
Launch date October 2012 vs July 2010
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 82 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-870S

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1493 vs 1432
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2765 vs 2742
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 vs 1432
PassMark - CPU mark 2765 vs 2742

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-5700
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-870S

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1432
1493
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2742
2765
Name AMD A10-5700 Intel Core i7-870S
PassMark - Single thread mark 1432 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 2742 2765
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 477
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1879
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1879
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3315

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-5700 Intel Core i7-870S

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Lynnfield
Launch date October 2012 July 2010
Place in performance rating 1727 1712
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i7-870S
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 296 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Transistor count 1178 million 774 million
Base frequency 2.66 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Number of threads 8
VID voltage range 0.6500V-1.4000V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 82 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring