AMD A10-7850K vs. Intel Skylake So Far
Benchmarking some Linux systems with integrated graphics. Tests by Michael Larabel. More systems coming.


AMD A10-7850K: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i5 6600K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i5 6500: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (Skylake GT2) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... MIN: 4.0  AVG: 22.4  MAX: 70.0 
Intel Core i5 6600K . MIN: 4.0  AVG: 14.1  MAX: 41.0 
Intel Core i5 6500 .. MIN: 3.0  AVG: 16.8  MAX: 36.0 


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 69906 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 43715 |===============================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 35233 |=========================


ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 48.60 |==========================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 94.40 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 77.97 |=========================================


BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 19.05 |==========================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 36.99 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 30.56 |=========================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 44.27 |===============================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 70.67 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 58.97 |==========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 11517 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 8592  |=====================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 7415  |================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 102.51 |=====================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 135.41 |=================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 114.59 |=========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 581 |==========================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 726 |====================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 621 |============================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 173.62 |========================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 212.91 |=================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 179.34 |=========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 427 |====================================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 402 |=================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 349 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 87.99  |========================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 107.33 |=================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 91.10  |==========================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 17.03 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 18.30 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 15.50 |==========================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 64.38 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 68.45 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 57.98 |==========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 126 |=============================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 147 |====================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 128 |=============================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A10-7850K ....... 59.81 |=============================================
Intel Core i5 6600K . 66.51 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 6500 .. 58.95 |============================================