Pushing the CPU to the max
Solid performance in the first two tests, and it beats the roughly-comparable Core i3-3225 from Intel.
You may wonder, like us, why the A10-5700 isn't benchmarking a little higher in the core-hammering CINEBENCH test. The devil is in the details, as this energy-efficient chip rarely, if ever, runs at over 3.7GHz. This knowledge is important because AMD cites a Turbo CORE speed of up to 4.0GHz; the only time we saw it jump this high was briefly in the PiFast test, while the two other APUs consistently achieve frequencies closer to their maximum. It's the price to be paid for keeping the chip down to a maximum 65W TDP, we suppose.
Losing to the Core i3 in the light-load first pass but just pushing past it in the second - though it remains behind the A8-5600K - CPU performance is reasonable for a sub-£100 chip.
