AMD A10-5800K vs Intel Core i5-2450M

AMD A10-5800K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A10-5800K
Intel Core i5-2450M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2012
Intel Core i5-2450M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    112%
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    113%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-5800K
    129%
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-5800K

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 29% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2450M

13% higher single threaded performance.
65 watts lower power draw.

AMD A10-5800K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-5800K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A10-5800K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-5800K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Hyper-threading
Turbo Boost
AES-NI
Smart Cache.

Architecture

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsJan 2012

Cores

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7660DvsIntel HD 3000

Cache

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsrPGA
Die Size246mm²vs149mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A10-5800KIntel Core i5-2450M
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2562 points
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2500 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-5800K
    7603 points
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    5000 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    5724
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    4542

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2236
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2497

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    6294
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    5139

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2040
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2179

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A10-5800K
    4464
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    3441.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A10-5800K
    3093.5
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    3918.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A10-5800K
    9275.5
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    8542

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K
    1.03
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    1.2

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A10-5800K
    3.32
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2.76

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A10-5800K
    24.2
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    13.01

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A10-5800K
    15.9
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    19.04

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A10-5800K
    2501
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    2848.5

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A10-5800K
    106.6
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    78.63

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A10-5800K
    21.85
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    14.61

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A10-5800K
    1.9
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    1.4

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A10-5800K
    0.38
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    0.23

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A10-5800K
    0.21
  • Intel Core i5-2450M
    0.13

GB/s