A10-7850K vs Core i5-7600K

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Aggregated performance score

Core i5-7600K
2017
4 cores / 4 threads
4.44
+99.1%

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 99% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking12421716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.680.55
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5 (Desktop)AMD A-Series (Desktop)
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Godaveri (2014−2018)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years old)14 January 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$242$173
Current price$237 (1x MSRP)$73 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-7600K has 387% better value for money than A10-7850K.

Technical specs

Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C74 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1151FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)91 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2SSE1-4A, AVX, FM4A, VT
AES-NI+1
FMAno dataFMA4
AVX++
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
HSAno data1
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 630AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Number of pipelinesno data512
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.5no data
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7600K and A10-7850K.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-7600K 4.44
+99.1%
A10-7850K 2.23

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 99% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-7600K 6797
+99%
A10-7850K 3416

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 99% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-7600K 1510
+233%
A10-7850K 453

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 233% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-7600K 4234
+269%
A10-7850K 1148

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 269% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-7600K 6814
+112%
A10-7850K 3216

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 112% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-7600K 24179
+135%
A10-7850K 10278

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 135% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-7600K 8532
+79.7%
A10-7850K 4748

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 80% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-7600K 8.49
+54.3%
A10-7850K 13.1

A10-7850K outperforms Core i5-7600K by 54% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-7600K 8
+119%
A10-7850K 4

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 119% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-7600K 674
+112%
A10-7850K 318

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 112% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-7600K 180
+109%
A10-7850K 86

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 109% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-7600K 2.02
+100%
A10-7850K 1.01

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 100% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-7600K 3.3
+50%
A10-7850K 2.2

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 50% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-7600K 3570
+66.8%
A10-7850K 2140

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 67% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-7600K 223
+95.6%
A10-7850K 114

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 96% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-7600K 46
+91.7%
A10-7850K 24

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 92% in x264 encoding pass 2.

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

Benchmark coverage: 4%

i5-7600K 8300
+113%
A10-7850K 3900

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 113% in 3DMark Fire Strike Physics.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-7600K 15030
+140%
A10-7850K 6267

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 140% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-7600K 5225
+99.4%
A10-7850K 2621

Core i5-7600K outperforms A10-7850K by 99% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.44 2.23
Integrated graphics card 3.09
Recency 3 January 2017 14 January 2014
Cost $242 $173
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 91 Watt 95 Watt

The Core i5-7600K is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-7850K in performance tests.


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