Intel Core i5 2500K vs AMD PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B |
Released January, 2011
Intel Core i5 2500K
- 3.3 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 2500K
 | Is unlocked Yes |
by PCMag (Apr, 2011)In the PCMark Vantage full-system performance test, the Core i5-2500K earned an overall score of 10,271—not at all far behind the Core i7-2600K's result of 10,368, and surprisingly close (all things considered) to the 10,970 we saw with the Core i7-970—Intel's lower-end six-core LGA1366 CPU.
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AMD PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B
- 3.7 GHz
- Quad core
by Joel-Hruska (Jan, 2014)The results were impressive — our 45W Richland-based 6500T basically keeps pace with the Core i3-4330, while the A8-7600 is more than 50% faster, at 31 FPS.
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Is unlocked | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the AMD PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B vs the Intel Core i5 2500K. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 2500K vs PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B
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PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 2500K | vs | PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 4 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Is unlocked | Yes | No | |
features | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 41.29 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 110.03 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.8 pt/W | 3.89 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 112.55W | 77.19W | |
details | Core i5 2500K | vs | PRO A A10 A10 PRO-7850B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | None | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 28 nm | |
| Operating temperature | 5 - 72.6°C | Unknown - 72.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.99 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.79 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.99 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 3000 | Radeon™ R7 | |
| Latest DirectX | 10.1 | 12.0 | |
| GPU clock speed | 850 MHz | 720 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-2133 | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
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