AMD Athlon X4 760K vs Intel Core i5-2500K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 760K and Intel Core i5-2500K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Athlon X4 760K

Intel Core i5-2500K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 760K

Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2500K

Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1698 vs 1535
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4129 vs 2993
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 806 vs 493
Around 88% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2657 vs 1410

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1698 vs 1535
PassMark - CPU mark	4129 vs 2993
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	806 vs 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2657 vs 1410

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 760K
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2500K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1535

1698

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2993

4129

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

493

806

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1410

2657

Name	AMD Athlon X4 760K	Intel Core i5-2500K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1535	1698
PassMark - CPU mark	2993	4129
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	493	806
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1410	2657
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0	1575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		78.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.627

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 760K	Intel Core i5-2500K
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD760KWOHLBOX
OPN Tray	AD760KWOA44HL
Place in performance rating	2455	2447
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge
Launch date		January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)		$289
Price now		$123.99
Processor Number		i5-2500K
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		15.38
Performance
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	3.30 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		216 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Transistor count		1160 million
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Device ID		0x112
Graphics base frequency		850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)