CPU Upgrade?

AMD Kaveri 7850K @ 4.4GHz 12 Core

or

Intel Core i7-4770K S1150 3.5GHz 8MB Haswell Quad Core?

Luck100

Kaveri is cheaper and weaker, except it does have better integrated graphics. But integrated graphics is still weak compared to discrete gpus. Not sure where you see 12 cores for Kaveri?

http://www.pcgamer.com/review/amd-a10-7850k-kaveri-processor-review/

Vital stats

Clockspeed - 3.7GHz
Turbo - 4GHz
Cores - 4
Threads - 4
Process tech - 28nm
Socket - FM2+
GPU - Radeon R7
Radeon cores - 512
Clockspeed - 720MHz

Benchmarks

Single-threaded CPU performance
Cinebench R11.5 - Index score: higher is better
AMD A10-7850K - 1.02
AMD A10-6800K - 1.10
Intel Core i5 4570 - 1.57

Multi-threaded CPU performance
Cinebench R11.5 - Index score: higher is better
AMD A10-7850K - 3.59
AMD A10-6800K - 3.58
Intel Core i5 4570 - 6.16

Discrete DX11 gaming performance (AMD Radeon R9 290)
Battlefield 4 (1080p, Ultra) – FPS: higher is better
AMD A10-7850K – 57
AMD A10-6800K – 52
Intel Core i5 4570 – 72

Integrated DX11 gaming performance
Bioshock Infinite (1080p, High) – FPS: higher is better
AMD A10-7850K – 23
AMD A10-6800K – 20
Intel Core i5 4570 – 15

Luck100

Luck100 wrote: »

Not sure where you see 12 cores for Kaveri?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-372-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1944

Didn't realise they were that bad, an i5 is better :eek:, i7 it is then. thanks

Luck100

I think Kaveri 12 = 4 cpu cores + 8 GCN cores. GCN's are integrated gpu units. So only 4 actual cpu cores.