A10-6790K: specs and benchmarks

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A10-6790K
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 100 Watt
1.95

A10-6790K provides poor benchmark performance at 1.95% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started A10-6790K sales 28 October 2013. This is a Richland architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32nm SOI manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FM2 processor with a TDP of 100 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR3-1866 memory.

Primary details

A10-6790K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1945
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.84of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)
Release date28 October 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.3 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache192 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4096 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size246 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,178 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier+

Compatibility

Information on A10-6790K compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFM2
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A10-6790K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMAFMA4
AVXAVX
PowerNow+
PowerGating+
VirusProtect+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+
IOMMU 2.0+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A10-6790K's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A10-6790K.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8670D
Number of pipelines384
Enduro+
Switchable graphics+
UVD+
VCE+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6790K's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6790K's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A10-6790K. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-6790K 1.95

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-6790K 3081

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A10-6790K 357

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A10-6790K 850

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

A10-6790K's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i7-875K 100.51
A10-6700 100.51
A10-6790K 100
FX-770K 98.97

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A10-6790K is Core i5-4570TE, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to A10-6790K:

Core i3-4160T 101.03
Core i7-875K 100.51
A10-6790K 100

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