AMD A10-7850K vs. Intel Skylake So Far Benchmarking some Linux systems with integrated graphics. Tests by Michael Larabel. More systems coming. 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 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 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 AMD A10-7800: Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 2048MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2415, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.8.4 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20161124, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off: Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 2048MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2415, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.8.4 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20161124, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB: Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2415, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.8.4 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20161124, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 77.97 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 94.40 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 48.60 |===================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 44.17 |=================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 44.67 |=================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 44.37 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 58.97 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 70.67 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 44.27 |========================= AMD A10-7800 .................. 40.33 |======================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 41.47 |======================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 41.50 |======================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.8 MAX: 36.0 Intel Core i5 6600K ........... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 41.0 AMD A10-7850K ................. MIN: 4.0 AVG: 22.4 MAX: 70.0 AMD A10-7800 .................. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 24.7 MAX: 79.0 AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 24.1 MAX: 77.0 AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 24.0 MAX: 78.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 58.95 |=================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 66.51 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 59.81 |==================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 52.37 |=============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 56.93 |================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 57.07 |================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 179.34 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 212.91 |======================================= AMD A10-7850K ................. 173.62 |================================ AMD A10-7800 .................. 159.17 |============================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 165.33 |============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 164.63 |============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 114.59 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 135.41 |======================================= AMD A10-7850K ................. 102.51 |============================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 92.97 |=========================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 100.70 |============================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 95.79 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 91.10 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 107.33 |======================================= AMD A10-7850K ................. 87.99 |================================ AMD A10-7800 .................. 79.59 |============================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 85.53 |=============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 82.32 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 7415 |========================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 8592 |============================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 11517 |======================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 8300 |============================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 9888 |================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 9902 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 621 |==================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 726 |========================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 581 |================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 427 |========================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 431 |========================= AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 431 |========================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 35233 |==================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 43715 |========================= AMD A10-7850K ................. 69906 |======================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 32123 |================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 64432 |===================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 64416 |===================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 128 |===================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 147 |========================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 126 |==================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 139 |======================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 139 |======================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 139 |======================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 349 |================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 402 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 427 |========================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 385 |====================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 387 |====================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 387 |====================================== BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 30.56 |================================= Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 36.99 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 19.05 |===================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 27.55 |============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 28.84 |=============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 28.37 |=============================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 15.50 |================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 18.30 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 17.03 |===================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 16.67 |==================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 16.93 |===================================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 16.73 |===================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 6500 ............ 57.98 |================================== Intel Core i5 6600K ........... 68.45 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K ................. 64.38 |====================================== AMD A10-7800 .................. 51.10 |============================== AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off ..... 53.95 |================================ AMD A10-7800 TearFree=off 1GB . 53.97 |================================