AMD A8-3820 vs Intel Core i7-3770S. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A8-3000 Intel Core i 3000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.8 GHz No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11 11.0
• Execution units
  5 16
• Generation
  3 7
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6550D Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2011
• Shader
  400 128
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3770S and AMD A8-3820. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-3820 and Intel Core i7-3770S Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-3820 and Intel Core i7-3770S, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Ivy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q2/2012
• Socket
  FM1 LGA 1155
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d