AMD A10-5800K vs Intel Core i5-3470. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  AMD A10-5000 Intel Core i 3000

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  4.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7660D Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  6 6
• Shader
  384 48
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  4 7
• DirectX Version
  11 11.0
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2012

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and AMD A10-5800K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-5800K and Intel Core i5-3470 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 77 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-5800K and AMD A10-5800K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Trinity (Piledriver) Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FM2 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q2/2012