Intel Core i7-8086K vs AMD A10-6790K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-8086K CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-6790K
Intel Core i7-8086K AMD A10-6790K

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-8086K or AMD A10-6790K - 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 i7-8086K has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8086K was released in Q2/2018.

The AMD A10-6790K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6790K was released in Q4/2013.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group AMD A10-6000 (4)
8 Generation 3
Coffee Lake S Architecture Richland (Piledriver)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8086K has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8086K is 4.00 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the AMD A10-6790K has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-6790K is at 4.10 GHz (4.30 GHz).

Intel Core i7-8086K Characteristic AMD A10-6790K
6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
4.00 GHz Frequency 4.10 GHz
5.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
4.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.30 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.

Intel Core i7-8086K Characteristic AMD A10-6790K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-8086K or AMD A10-6790K 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 UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8670D
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.84 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 5
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Compute units 6
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

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.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode 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 i7-8086K can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The AMD A10-6790K supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-8086K Characteristic AMD A10-6790K
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1866
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
12.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-8086K is 95 W, while the AMD A10-6790K has a TDP of 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-8086K Characteristic AMD A10-6790K
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8086K is manufactured in 14 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-6790K is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-8086K Characteristic AMD A10-6790K
14 nm Technology 32 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 1151-2 Socket FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q4/2013
410 $ Release price 110 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8086K (100%)
AMD A10-6790K (35%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8086K (100%)
AMD A10-6790K (24%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1380 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
522 (38%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
7031 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1419 (20%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (71%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz
648 (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.
Intel Core i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
14480 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
4724 (33%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
219 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
69 (32%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1448 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
260 (18%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1321 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
10209 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1775 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
7892 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 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.
Intel Core i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
224.4 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i7-8086K Intel Core i7-8086K
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
3814 (100%)
AMD A10-6790K AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-8086K AMD A10-6790K
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