Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD A10-5800K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000X AMD A10-5000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition AMD A
• Generation
  5 2
• 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
  3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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
  None AMD Radeon HD 7660D
• DirectX Version
  - 11
• Execution units
  - 6
• Generation
  - 4
• GPU Frequency
  - 800 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2012
• Shader
  - 384
• Technology
  - 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-5800K and Intel Core i7-5820K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  28 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5820K and AMD A10-5800K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  140 W 100 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5820K and AMD A10-5800K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell E Trinity (Piledriver)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  15 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2012
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 FM2
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V