AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-6800K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
AMD A10-6800K Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

CPU comparison

AMD A10-6800K or Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-6800K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6800K was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD A10-6000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32)
3 Generation 5
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Haswell E
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-6800K is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz). The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.10 GHz).

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
4 Cores 12
4 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.10 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU no iGPU
0.84 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
384 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-6800K supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
DDR3-2133 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 30.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-6800K has a TDP of 100 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 is 120 W.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
100 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 120 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-6800K has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 cache has a total of 30.00 MB.

AMD A10-6800K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
32 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FM2 Socket LGA 2011-3
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2014
120 $ Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the AMD A10-6800K to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (2 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
541 (69%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
789 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
1501 (18%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz
8308 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
5014 (36%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz
13829 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
813 (19%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
4281 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
74 (62%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
119 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
272 (16%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz
1723 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
968 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz
6758 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz
648 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
4C 4T @ 4.40 GHz
309.5 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-6800K Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
2. AMD A10-6800KAMD A8-7600 AMD A10-6800K vs AMD A8-7600
3. AMD A10-5800KAMD A10-6800K AMD A10-5800K vs AMD A10-6800K
4. Intel Core i7-5960XIntel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
5. Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Intel Core i9-9900K
6. AMD A10-7850KAMD A10-6800K AMD A10-7850K vs AMD A10-6800K
7. Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
8. AMD A10-6800KAMD FX-6300 AMD A10-6800K vs AMD FX-6300
9. Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
10. Intel Core i5-4460AMD A10-6800K Intel Core i5-4460 vs AMD A10-6800K


back to index