AMD A10-7700K vs Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-7700K CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
AMD A10-7700K Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3

CPU comparison

AMD A10-7700K or Intel Xeon E5-2637 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 A10-7700K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7700K was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
AMD A10-7000 (7) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v3 (32)
4 Generation 5
Kaveri (Steamroller) Architecture Haswell E
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-7700K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-7700K is 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 is at 3.50 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD A10-7700K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 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 A10-7700K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A10-7700K or Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri) GPU no iGPU
0.72 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
384 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 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 R7 - 384 (Kaveri) 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 A10-7700K can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 68.2 GB/s.

AMD A10-7700K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 15.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A10-7700K is 95 W, while the Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 has a TDP of 135 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A10-7700K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 135 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-7700K is manufactured in 28 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 15.00 MB cache.

AMD A10-7700K Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
28 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
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q3/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-7700K (43%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-7700K (46%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
4321 (58%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
7461 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
57 (43%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
134 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
231 (33%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
690 (100%)

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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
931 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
3994 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1142 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4162 (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 A10-7700K AMD A10-7700K
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Kaveri) @ 0.72 GHz
533 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-7700K Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3
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