AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i5-2320

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1356 points

1844 points

35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2586 points

3371 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1021 points

1414 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

978 points

1357 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.81 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

25.19 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,089

751st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 January

2011 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A10-7890K vs Core i5-2320 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2320 performs better than the A10-7890K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A10-7890K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-2320 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A10-7890K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A10-7890K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2320. Also, the A10-7890K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the A10-7890K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.