AMD A10-7700K

The AMD A10-7700K is a desktop part from AMD’s Kaveri generation, built on the Steamroller architecture. GlobalFoundries manufactures it on a 28 nm process, with 2,411 million transistors on a 245 mm² die. The processor has 4 cores and 4 threads, a 3.40 GHz base clock, and a 3.80 GHz boost clock. It is rated at a 95 W TDP and mounts in AMD Socket FM2+. It includes Radeon R7 integrated graphics, supports dual-channel DDR3 memory with 34.1 GB/s bandwidth, and offers PCIe Gen 3 with 16 lanes from the CPU. The aggregate benchmark score is 801, placing it in the 21st percentile of all CPUs in the database.

How It Compares

Benchmark results put the A10-7700K in a tightly grouped cluster. Its four nearest rivals are separated from it by at most 0.6% in average score.

The Intel Core i5-4210U has an average score of 801, exactly the same as the A10-7700K. The deltaPct is 0. In this dataset, the two processors are exact ties at the aggregate level. Despite coming from different manufacturers, the benchmark database does not show any measurable average performance advantage for either chip.

The Intel Xeon E5530 also has an average score of 801 and a deltaPct of 0. This is a second exact tie at the top of the nearest-rival list. The A10-7700K therefore matches the aggregate benchmark result of a processor with the Xeon nameplate as well.

The Intel Xeon X5482 is the first rival that is not an exact tie. Its average score is 805, which is 0.5% higher than the A10-7700K’s 801. The deltaPct of -0.5 indicates that the rival is ahead; the magnitude is small enough to be a minor difference in aggregate benchmark terms.

The AMD Athlon X4 850 has an average score of 806 and a deltaPct of -0.6. This is the largest gap in the entire nearest-rival group, with the Athlon ahead by 0.6%. In absolute terms, the spread is still narrow.

Power and Thermals

The A10-7700K has a TDP of 95 W, placing it in a mainstream desktop thermal class. The 28 nm manufacturing process from GlobalFoundries and the 245 mm² die size define the physical scale of the chip, and the 2,411 million transistor count sits within that silicon area. Because the processor integrates Radeon R7 graphics, the thermal envelope has to account for the graphics portion of the die as well as the four Steamroller cores. The socket is AMD Socket FM2+, so cooling compatibility is tied to that platform. A 95 W part of this type implies an ordinary desktop air cooler rather than a specialized low-profile or high-end liquid solution; the data does not indicate anything exotic on the thermal side. The market segment is Desktop, and the production status is end-of-life. That end-of-life status affects lifecycle expectations, but it does not change the rated thermal class.

Single-Thread vs Multi-Thread Behavior

Geekbench results show a single-core score of 447 and a multi-core score of 1155. The multi-core figure is much larger, which indicates that the four cores can deliver a substantial throughput advantage when a workload is parallelized. For workloads that depend mostly on a single thread, the 447 score is the relevant result. The processor has 4 threads on 4 cores, so it offers no extra logical threads beyond the physical cores; multi-threaded software has exactly four hardware threads to use. The L1 cache is 256 KB and the L2 cache is 4 MB, with no L3 cache in the package. The memory subsystem, dual-channel DDR3 with 34.1 GB/s bandwidth, provides the data path for both single- and multi-threaded execution. The base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost clock of 3.80 GHz frame the frequency envelope, with 3.80 GHz as the higher rated frequency. The split between 447 and 1155 suggests a processor better suited to workloads that can use all four cores than to latency-sensitive tasks that are limited to a single execution thread.

FAQ

Q: What socket does the AMD A10-7700K use?

A: It uses AMD Socket FM2+.

Q: What memory configuration is supported?

A: It supports DDR3 memory on a dual-channel bus with 34.1 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the processor support ECC memory?

A: No, ECC memory is not supported.

Q: Is the clock multiplier unlocked?

A: Yes, the multiplier is unlocked.

Q: What integrated graphics does the processor include?

A: It includes Radeon R7 integrated graphics.

Q: What PCIe configuration is provided?

A: The PCIe interface is Gen 3 with 16 lanes from the CPU only.

Benchmark Performance

The A10-7700K’s aggregate benchmark score is 801, which places it in the 21st percentile of all CPUs in the database. That is a lower-tier ranking, and the nearest-rival cluster reflects this neighborhood: every competitor listed near it falls within 0.6% of the A10-7700K’s average score. The Geekbench results provide the internal shape of that performance: multi-core at 1155 and single-core at 447. The aggregate score of 801 sits between those two values, a composite that reflects neither extreme fully.

Looking at the rival deltas, the Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Xeon E5530 are exact ties, with average scores of 801 and deltaPct values of 0. The Intel Xeon X5482 reaches 805, which is 0.5% higher than the A10-7700K. The AMD Athlon X4 850 reaches 806, which is 0.6% higher. In every case, the deltaPct is either zero or negative; no nearest rival is behind the A10-7700K in average score. The largest gap in the nearest-rival set is therefore the 0.6% difference recorded against the Athlon X4 850.

These are very small deltas. From a benchmark standpoint, the A10-7700K is effectively a performance peer to all four listed rivals, even though the product names and categories differ. The single-core deficit at 447 is a larger differentiator than the nearest-rival average-score deltas; the multi-core score of 1155 shows where the processor does its best work. The data as a whole positions the A10-7700K as a moderate performer, with Geekbench results that favor parallel workloads over single-threaded ones.