AMD A4-5300B vs Intel Core i3-2100T

AMD A4-5300B
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2012
AMD A4-5300B
Intel Core i3-2100T
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i3-2100T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A4-5300B
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100T
    141%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A4-5300B
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100T
    109%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A4-5300B
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-2100T
    173%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A4-5300B

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

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2100T

9% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 73% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 41% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-2100T

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100T

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-2100T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100T

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsSandy Bridge
Release DateOct 2012vsFeb 2011

Cores

AMD A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7480DvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
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 A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp70°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A4-5300BIntel Core i3-2100T
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-5300B
    2196 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100T
    2500 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-5300B
    3401 points
  • Intel Core i3-2100T
    6000 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A4-5300B (simulated)
    77.27
  • Intel Core i3-2100T (simulated)
    84.87

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A4-5300B (simulated)
    129.9
  • Intel Core i3-2100T (simulated)
    225.74

points - higher is better