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| Intel Core i5 3470 vs AMD A10 6700 |
Released June, 2012
Intel Core i5 3470
- 3.2 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 3470
![]() | Much more l3 cache 6 MB | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
![]() | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.09 GHz |
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Released June, 2013
AMD A10 6700
- 3.7 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the AMD A10 6700
![]() | Much more l2 cache 4 MB | ![]() | Significantly higher clock speed 3.7 GHz |
![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.8 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much more l3 cache | 6 MB | vs | None | Compared to all cpus, 6 MB l3 cache is just OK | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.09 GHz | vs | 3.7 GHz | More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 4 MB | vs | 1 MB | 4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
Significantly higher clock speed | 3.7 GHz | vs | 3.2 GHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.25 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.8 GHz | vs | 3.67 GHz | More than 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 86.05W | Around 40% lower typical power consumption | |||
Significantly higher Maximum operating temperature | 71.3 °C | vs | 67.4 °C | More than 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 31.22 $/year | Around 50% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 84.62 $/year | Around 35% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Newer | Jun, 2013 | vs | Jun, 2012 | Release date a year later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 3470 vs A10 6700
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
Core i5 3470
3.08 mHash/s
A10 6700
67.86 mHash/s
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
Core i5 3470
0.67 fps
A10 6700
0.51 fps
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
2,580
A10 6700
2,856
Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
1,055
A10 6700
3,414
Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark
Core i5 3470
3,118
A10 6700
5,148
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
9,436
A10 6700
5,827
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
2,983
A10 6700
2,067
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core i5 3470
2,470,000 MB/s
A10 6700
2,240,000 MB/s
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 3470 | vs | A10 6700 |
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Clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 4.3 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
AVX 1.1 | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
XOP | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
BMI1 | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
FMA3 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
ABM | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 77W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 31.22 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 84.62 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 4.41 pt/W | 7.8 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 86.05W | 52.81W |
details | Core i5 3470 | vs | A10 6700 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
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 | 22 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 67.4°C | Unknown - 71.3°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.67 GHz | 4.8 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.09 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.67 GHz | 4.8 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | GPU | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | Radeon™ HD 8670D | |
Latest DirectX | 11.0 | 11.0 | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | 844 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1866 | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3L-1333 | |||
DDR3 |
Intel Core i5 3470 ![]() | AMD A10 6700 ![]() |
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