Intel Core i5-4570T vs AMD A8-6600K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A8-6600K

Price

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$ 149.95

$ 118.02

$ 31.93 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1353 points

1366 points

0.96% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2692 points

3% slightly better gaming score

2599 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1004 points

1031 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

964 points

989 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.50 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

18.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1888 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1128 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

984 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

468 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2010 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1081 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

453 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.90 GHz

3.9 GHz

34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB

24.26 MiB

4752% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

854th of 1,089

848th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4570T vs A8-6600K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6600K is faster than the Core i5-4570T. Despite this, the Core i5-4570T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4570T. In terms of cache, the A8-6600K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-4570T

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-4570T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.