Intel Core i5-6600K vs AMD A10-7870K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-6600K CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-7870K
Intel Core i5-6600K AMD A10-7870K

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD A10-7870K - 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 Intel Core i5-6600K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6600K was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD A10-7870K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7870K was released in Q2/2015.
Intel Core i5 Family AMD A
Intel Core i 6000 CPU group AMD A10-7000
6 Generation 4
Skylake S Architecture Kaveri (Steamroller)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-7600K Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6600K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6600K is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the AMD A10-7870K has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-7870K is at --.

4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.90 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.10 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD A10-7870K 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.

Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.86 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo)
9 GPU Generation 6
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Execution units 8
192 Shader 512
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 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.

Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-6600K can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The AMD A10-7870K supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

DDR3-1600, DDR4-2133 Memory DDR3-2133
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Bandwidth --
No ECC Yes
L2 Cache
6.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 16

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-6600K is 91 W, while the AMD A10-7870K has a TDP of 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

91 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 95 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6600K is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-7870K is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 1151 Socket FM2+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2015 Release date Q2/2015
280 $ Release price 135 $
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1041 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3965 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
395 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1572 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1359 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3985 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1106 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
526 (48%)
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3631 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1603 (44%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (50%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.86 GHz
887 (100%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6318 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4682 (74%)
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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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
486.5 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all Blender 2.81 (bmw27) results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
459 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1621 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

V-Ray is a 3D rendering software from the manufacturer Chaos for designers and artists. Unlike many other render engines, V-Ray is capable of so-called hybrid rendering, in which the CPU and GPU work together at the same time.

However, the CPU benchmark we used (CPU Render Mode) only uses the system's processor. The working memory used plays a major role in the V-Ray benchmark. For our benchmarks we use the fastest RAM standard approved by the manufacturer (without overclocking).

Due to the high compatibility of V-Ray (including Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Unreal Engine and Blender), it is a frequently used software. With V-Ray, for example, photorealistic images can be rendered that laypeople cannot distinguish from normal photos.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2847 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
166 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
66 (40%)
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
600 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
250 (42%)
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
4147 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2124 (51%)
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
12150 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
6343 (52%)
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1.98 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1.04 (53%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
6.54 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
3.33 (51%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
36.2 (100%)
AMD A10-7870K AMD A10-7870K
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.86 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL) results



Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-6600K AMD A10-7870K
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