AMD PRO A6-8570E vs Intel Core i7-4930K

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570E and Intel Core i7-4930K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570E

  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 130 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4930K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1960 vs 1337
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9384 vs 1653
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1960 vs 1337
PassMark - CPU mark 9384 vs 1653

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570E
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4930K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1337
1960
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1653
9384
Name AMD PRO A6-8570E Intel Core i7-4930K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1337 1960
PassMark - CPU mark 1653 9384
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 811
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4953
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5825
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 69.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.329

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-8570E Intel Core i7-4930K

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD857BAHM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1896 1886
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Ivy Bridge E
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $670
Price now $397.99
Processor Number i7-4930K
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.63

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 3.40 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 2 6
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 257 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 66.8
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 1860 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1333/1600/1866

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Processor graphics R5
Switchable graphics

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
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)

Security & Reliability

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