Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD PRO A10-8850B

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-10600K and AMD PRO A10-8850B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 Intel Core i5-10600K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.80 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2920 vs 1611
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14301 vs 3752
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.80 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2920 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark 14301 vs 3752

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1536 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-10600K
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8850B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2920
1611
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14301
3752
Name Intel Core i5-10600K AMD PRO A10-8850B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2920 1611
PassMark - CPU mark 14301 3752
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.575

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-10600K AMD PRO A10-8850B

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake
Launch date 30 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $262 - $263
Place in performance rating 877 888
Processor Number i5-10600K
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD885BXBI44JC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4.10 GHz 3.9 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 1536 KB 4 MB
L3 cache 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 4.80 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12 4
Compute Cores 12
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BC5
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 95 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 3.80 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015D

Peripherals

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

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0