Intel Core i5-2500K vs AMD A10-6800K Gaming-Performance
Category : 2013
Published by Marc Büchel on 13.12.13
Should you be thinking about buying a used CPU in the price range of 120 to 150 Euro, then you might be considering to buy either an Intel Core i5-2500K or an AMD A10-6800K. At this point we want to answer the question which of these CPUs would be the better choice for a budget gaming PC. Therefore we've tested these two CPUs with a batch of recent games as well as a few theoretical benchmarks.
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Test Setup
Hardware
| Mainboard |
- ASUS F2A85-V Pro
- ASUS Maximus V Gene
|
| CPUs |
- Intel Intel Core i5-2500K @ Stock (Turbo On)
- Intel Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.5 GHz (Turbo Off)
- AMD A10-6800K @ Stock (Turbo On)
- AMD A10-6800K @ 4.5 GHz (Turbo Off)
|
| Memory |
- 2x4GB RipjawZ 2400C11 @ CL9-9-9-24-1T-Auto DDR3-1600 MHz
|
| Graphic Cards (Driver) |
- AMD Radeon HD 7970
Matrix @ 1'100 MHz / 1'650 MHz
|
| Drivers |
|
| Games and OS |
- Windows 7 x64 (Up to date on the 25/07/2013
- All games were up to date on the 25/07/2013)
|
| HDD |
- OCZ Technology Octane 512 GB SSD
|
PSU
|
- Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts
|
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3DMark - Fire Strike
| Overall Score |
Points |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
6'899 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
7'094 |
102.83 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
6'012 |
87.14 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
6'111 |
88.58 % |
| |
More is better |
| GPU Score |
Points |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
8'209 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
8'227 |
100.22 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
8'148 |
99.26 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
8'168 |
99.50 % |
| |
More is better |
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Unigine Heaven 4.0 Extreme Preset
| Basic Preset |
Points |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
4'109 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
4'236 |
103.09 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
3'223 |
78.44 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
3'235 |
78.73 % |
| |
More is better |
| Extreme Preset |
Points |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
1'185 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
1'197 |
101.01 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
1'164 |
98.23 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
1'176 |
99.24 % |
| |
More is better |
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BattleField 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
184.6 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
199.6 |
108.13 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
104.0 |
56.34 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
109.6 |
59.37 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
82.0 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
81.0 |
98.78 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
80.6 |
98.29 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
81.4 |
99.27 % |
| |
More is better |
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Bioshock Infinite - Benchmark
| 1280 x 720, low details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
211.78 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
237.78 |
112.28 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
135.79 |
64.12 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
137.82 |
65.08 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
161.72 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
163.37 |
101.02 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
132.46 |
81.91 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
133.45 |
82.52 % |
| |
More is better |
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Crysis 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
69.4 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
78.4 |
112.97 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
47.0 |
67.72 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
48.4 |
69.74 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
20.8 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
21.8 |
104.81 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
20.8 |
100.00 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
20.6 |
99.04 % |
| |
More is better |
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Call of Duty Black Ops 2
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
316.6 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
356.8 |
112.70 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
193.0 |
60.96 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
198.6 |
62.73 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
92.2 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
92.4 |
100.22 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
91.0 |
98.70 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
91.6 |
99.35 % |
| |
More is better |
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Far Cry 3
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
168.2 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
194.8 |
115.81 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
103.4 |
61.47 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
108.8 |
64.68 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
31.6 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
31.6 |
100.00 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
32.2 |
101.90 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
31.4 |
99.37 % |
| |
More is better |
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Sleeping Dogs - Benchmark
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
175.4 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
198.3 |
113.06 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
110.2 |
62.83 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
111.2 |
63.40 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
53.8 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
53.7 |
99.81 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
52.1 |
96.84 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
52.3 |
97.21 % |
| |
More is better |
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
| 1280 x 720, low details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
211.4 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
253.6 |
119.96 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
136.4 |
64.52 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
143.2 |
67.74 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
102.0 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
114.4 |
112.16 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
63.6 |
62.35 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
65.8 |
64.51 % |
| |
More is better |
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Metro: Last Light - Benchmark
| 1280 x 1024, low
details |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
99.69 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
113.23 |
113.58 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
59.07 |
59.25 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
56.84 |
57.02 % |
| |
More is better |
| 1920 x 1080, max
details, max AA, max AF |
fps |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
39.95 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
40.17 |
100.55 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
38.65 |
96.75 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
38.60 |
96.62 % |
| |
More is better |
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Power Consumption
| load (wPrime 1024M,
peak during first minute) |
Watt |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
120 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
130 |
108.33 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
137 |
114.17 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
137 |
114.17 % |
| |
less is better |
| peak (LinX, peak during
first run) |
Watt |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
135 |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
154 |
114.07 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
175+ |
129.63+ % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
175+ |
129.63+ % |
| |
less is
better |
Note: When running Linpack the CPU started throttling at 4.5 GHz as well with stock clocks. If the CPU wouldn't have throttled, power consumption would have been much hihger.
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Performance Index Games and
Price
| Low |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
113.56 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
62.15 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
63.72 % |
| |
More is better |
| High |
Index |
| Intel Core i5-2500K Stock |
100.00 % |
| Intel Core i5-2500K 4.5G |
102.17 % |
| AMD A10-6800K Stock |
92.09 % |
| AMD A10-6800K 4.5G |
92.24 % |
| |
More is better |
| CPU |
Geizhals |
Toppreise |
| Intel Core i7-2500K |
 |
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| AMD A10-6800K |
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Conclusion
Last
summer we published a similar series of articles, where we were analyzing gaming
performance on the basis of two different processors. Back in the days it became
very clear that performance differences between two CPU's at high resolutions
are close to zero. The reason for this can be found within the fact, that the
processor isn't the bottleneck of a system, when you're playing games at high
resolutions. In this case it's the graphics card, which has to work overtime. In
case of lower resolutions the influence of the processor becomes clearly
visible, since the graphics card isn't the limiting factor anymore.
Having a closer look at the results we gathered while testing eight different
games and two different benchmarks with two different presets, we see that the
Intel Core i5-2500K, with our "low-preset" is on average 37.9 percent faster than the
AMD A10-6800K. Switching to our "high-preset" makes the Intel Core
i5-2500K's
become 7.9 percent quicker than the AMD A10-6800K. Overclocking the Intel Core
i5-2500K to 4.5 GHz makes the performance
with our "low-preset" go up by almost 14 percent but when it comes to the high-preset
the increase in performance is only 2 percent. Regarding the AMD A10-6800K the
situation is similar: 1.6 percent gain with "low-preset" and 0.15 percent
with "high-preset".
What's quite interesting to see is how the wattage of our test system increased
while maintaining 4.5 GHz stably. The Intel Core i5-2500K needed an additional
14 percent more power and in case of the
6800K we had to notice, that the CPU had been throttling and this despite the
fact, that we were using a powerful aircooler - Phanteks PH-TC14PE.
At this point we want to go back to the question we were asking at the
beginning of this review. Should you be thinking about buying a used CPU, should
you go for an Intel Core i5-2500K or an AMD A10-6800K? To us the answer is a
no-brainer. The Intel Core i5-2500K is not only faster by quite a maring also
power consumption is way lower. Other than that the Core i5-2500K is almost
bullet proof when it comes to overclocking and driving this CPU at 4.5 GHz
should be piece of cake on almost any motherboard.
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