AMD PRO A6-8570 vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570 and Intel Core i7-4770K 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).

AMD PRO A6-8570

Intel Core i7-4770K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570

Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4770K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2162 vs 1646
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7131 vs 1906

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2162 vs 1646
PassMark - CPU mark	7131 vs 1906

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4770K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1646

2162

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1906

7131

Name	AMD PRO A6-8570	Intel Core i7-4770K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1646	2162
PassMark - CPU mark	1906	7131
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		982
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3688
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		89.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.625
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.308
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8570	Intel Core i7-4770K
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	1596	1590
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops	4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		1 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Price now		$284.99
Processor Number		i7-4770K
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.43
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.50 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		256 KB
L3 cache		8 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum core temperature		72.72°C
Number of threads		8
Transistor count		1400 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1029 MHz	1.25 GHz
Processor graphics	R5	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Switchable graphics
Device ID		0x412
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)