AMD PRO A6-8570 vs Intel Core i5-7500

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570 and Intel Core i5-7500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. 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), 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 Intel Core i5-7500

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2263 vs 1646
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6033 vs 1906
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2263 vs 1646
PassMark - CPU mark 6033 vs 1906

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-7500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1646
2263
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1906
6033
Name AMD PRO A6-8570 Intel Core i5-7500
PassMark - Single thread mark 1646 2263
PassMark - CPU mark 1906 6033
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 975
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3090
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 80.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1582
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1582
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-8570 Intel Core i5-7500

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD857BAGM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1597 1599
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Kaby Lake
Launch date 3 January 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $202
Price now $205.11
Processor Number i5-7500
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 11.52

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.40 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 256 KB
L3 cache 6 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz 1.1 GHz
Processor graphics R5 Intel® HD Graphics 630
Switchable graphics
Device ID 0x5912
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

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)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot