AMD A8-7670K vs Intel Core i5-8600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 8
• CPU group
  AMD A8-7000 Intel Core i 8000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-7600
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i5-9600

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
  3.60 GHz 3.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• 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 R7 - 384 (Kaveri) Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  6 24
• Shader
  384 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2017

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 / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8600 and AMD A8-7670K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR4-2666
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-7670K and Intel Core i5-8600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-7670K and AMD A8-7670K, 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
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 9.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Coffee Lake S
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ LGA 1151-2
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q1/2018