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In our tests we will be comparing the performance of the AMD A10-6790K in both stock and overclock states with the Intel Core i5-4430. The Intel CPU is locked down so we will be testing it in a stock configuration. We will also include comparisons with the AMD A10-6800K where relevant.
Test System:
AMD A10-6790K with ASrock FM2A88X Extreme6+
AMD A10-6800K with ASrock FM2A88X Extreme6+
Intel Core i5-4430 with Gigabyte GA-Z87P-D3
Memory: AMD Gaming Series 2133 MHz
Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
CPU Cooler: Noctua U14S
Hard Drive: Corsair Neutron 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Software:
PCMark 8
3DMark
3DMark 11
3DMark Vantage
SiSoft Sandra 2013
Cinebench R11.5
Cinebench R15
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.7
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
WinRAR
DiRT Showdown
Battlefield 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Overclocking
We managed to achieve a fairly respectable 4.5 GHz overclock with the AMD A10-6790K on our ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ motherboard by increasing the multiplier to 45x and bumping the core voltage to 1.3875V. See validation here.
This is a little behind the 4.7 GHz we achieved with the A10-6800K on the same motherboard using the EZ overclocking feature which doesn't seem to support the A10-6790K at present as it doesn't appear with this CPU installed.
Great price for what you get. ideal for a media center, which I have been meaning to build all year, but never got around to it 🙁
Wouldn’t an i3 have been a more appropriate comparison?
Nice Finally somebody tested a richland APU with 2.1 ghz memory! Cudos to the review team. I personally use 2.4 memory and it’s even better like that – you should have used 2.4 memory for the oc… the gpu part in this is really memory starved and I’ve seen huge increases.
@Steve why is not appropriate to compare it to the i5 – it offers similar day2day performance even if it’s lagging in pure cpu the more then capable gpu makes up for it + its way cheaper 120$ for AMD vs 180$ Intel(newegg) and this chip would eat an i3 4340 for instance alive… even if intel is selling the i3 for 160$ – well I guess it’s not illegal to be dumb or a fan now is it…