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AMD A10-6700 vs Intel Core i3-540

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A10-6700
Rank 2 - 90 %
Intel Core i3-540
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A10-6700
Rank 2 - 56 %
Intel Core i3-540
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A10-6700
AMD A10-6700 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.30 GHz
533
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
478
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A10-6700
AMD A10-6700 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.30 GHz
1,431
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
1,141
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A10-6700
AMD A10-6700 100 %
AMD Radeon HD 8670D
648
Intel Core i3-540
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A10-6000 (4)Intel Core i3 500 (4)
ArchitectureRichland (Piledriver)Clarkdale
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketFM2LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.06 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.30 GHz
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 8670DIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 38412 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
TDP65 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A10-6700Intel Core i3-540
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2010
Release price120 $117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A10-6700
AMD A10-6700
4C / 4T · 3.70 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
Intel Core i3-540
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz

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