AMD A10-7870K vs Intel Core i9-10900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A10-7000 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 10
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i9-9900KF
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i9-11900KF

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

• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• CPU Threads
  4 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 4.9 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  8 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  860 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2014 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  28 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900KF and AMD A10-7870K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-7870K and Intel Core i9-10900KF 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
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 125 W
• TDP down
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-7870K and Intel Core i9-10900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 20 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2020
• Socket
  FM2+ LGA 1200
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d