AMD A10-9620P vs Intel Core i5-6600K

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AMD A10-9620P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-6600K
AMD A10-9620P Intel Core i5-6600K

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD A10-9620P and the Intel Core i5-6600K and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD A10-9620P 4 core processor released in Q4/2016 with the Intel Core i5-6600K which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD A10-9600 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 6000 (24)
6 Generation 6
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-7600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-9620P is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.40 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-6600K clocks with 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD A10-9620P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6600K
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.50 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
2.70 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 A10-9620P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6600K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
0.76 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
6 GPU Generation 9
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
5 Compute units 24
384 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD A10-9620P, while the Intel Core i5-6600K supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s enabled.

AMD A10-9620P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6600K
DDR4-1866 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD A10-9620P has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-6600K is 91 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD A10-9620P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6600K
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 91 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-9620P has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-6600K is at 6.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

AMD A10-9620P Characteristic Intel Core i5-6600K
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP4 Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q3/2015
-- Release price 280 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9620P (45%)
Intel Core i5-6600K (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9620P (36%)
Intel Core i5-6600K (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
485 (44%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1106 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1239 (34%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3631 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz
579 (100%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (76%)

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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
76 (46%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
166 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
226 (38%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
600 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
65 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
222 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1041 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3965 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1359 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3985 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
395 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1572 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6318 (100%)

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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
486.5 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
459 (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 A10-9620P AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1621 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-9620P Intel Core i5-6600K
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