AMD A10-5700 vs Intel Core i5-2400S

AMD A10-5700
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A10-5700
Intel Core i5-2400S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2400S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-5700
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    127%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5700
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    124%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5700
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    131%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-5700

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2400S

Much higher single threaded performance (around 24% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 31% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2400S

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400S

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2400S

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400S

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7660DvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp71°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-5700Intel Core i5-2400S
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5700
    2440 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    3300 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5700
    6802 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    10000 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5700
    5160
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    6781

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5700
    1892
  • Intel Core i5-2400S
    2431

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5700 (simulated)
    90.91
  • Intel Core i5-2400S (simulated)
    108.81

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5700 (simulated)
    270.34
  • Intel Core i5-2400S (simulated)
    356.06

points - higher is better