AMD A8-6410 vs Intel Core i5-12600K. 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
  3 12
• CPU group
  AMD A8-6000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-11600K

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
  2.00 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 4.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 6x Golden Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Gracemont

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 R5 (Beema) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  2 32
• Shader
  128 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  6 12
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600K and AMD A8-6410. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  5.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-6410 and Intel Core i5-12600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-6410 and AMD A8-6410, 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, AVX2, AVX2+
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Alder Lake S
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  AM1 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512600K