Testing methodology
Comparison Processor Configurations |
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| CPU | Intel |
AMD |
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Core i7-4770K |
Core i5-4670K |
Core i7-3770K |
Core i5-3570K |
Core i3-3225 |
Core i7-2700K |
Core i5-2500K |
A10-6800K |
A10-5800K |
A10-5700 |
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| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z87-D3HP |
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
Gigabyte F2-A85X-UP4 |
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| BIOS | F4 |
F14 |
F4 |
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| Chipset Driver | Intel Inf 9.4.0.101 and IMEI 9 |
AMD Catalyst 13.6 |
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| DDR3 Memory | G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2 x 4GB) |
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| Memory Timings | 11-11-11-30-2T @ 2,133MHz |
11-11-11-30-2T @ 1,866MHz |
11-11-11-30-2T @ 2,133MHz |
11-11-11-30-2T @ 1,866MHz |
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| Integrated Graphics | HD 4600 |
HD 4600 |
HD 4000 |
HD 4000 |
HD 4000 |
HD 3000 |
HD 3000 |
HD 8670D |
HD 7660D |
HD 7660D |
| Discrete Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB (ForceWare 320.18) |
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| Disk Drive | Samsung 840 Pro 250GB |
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| Optical Drive | Sony AD-7263S |
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| Chassis | Corsair Graphite 600T |
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| Power Supply | Corsair AX750 |
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| Operating System | Windows 8 64-bit |
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CPU and Memory Benchmarks |
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| HEXUS PiFast |
Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places | |||||||||
| Cinebench | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | |||||||||
| wPrime | Another number-crunching benchmark that stresses all available CPU cores/threads | |||||||||
| AIDA64 |
Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency | |||||||||
| SunSpider | A web-based benchmark that measures JavaScript performance on real-world tasks | |||||||||
| LuxMark | An OpenCL rendering benchmark | |||||||||
| PCMark 7 |
An all-encompassing test to evaluate system performance | |||||||||
IGP Benchmarks |
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| 3DMark Vantage | DX10, run at the default performance preset | |||||||||
| 3DMark 11 | DX11, run with the performance preset | |||||||||
| 3DMark | DX11, Fire Strike benchmark | |||||||||
| BioShock Infinite | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 medium quality | |||||||||
| DiRT Showdown | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 medium quality | |||||||||
| Just Cause 2 | DX9, 1,280x720 and 1,920x1,080 medium quality | |||||||||
| Discrete GPU Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| 3DMark | DX11, Fire Strike benchmark | |||||||||
| BioShock Infinite | DX11, 1,920x1,080 ultra quality | |||||||||
| DiRT Showdown | DX11, 1,920x1,080 ultra quality | |||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | While idling and when running wPrime and DiRT Showdown | |||||||||
Notes
We've benchmarked 10 chips on the latest drivers and on Windows 8. All CPUs feature integrated graphics and span three generations for Intel and two for AMD.
Answering the questions as to how much improvement Intel has made through three generations do keep an eye on Core i5-4670K, i5-3570K and i5-2500K.
