AMD A8-4500M vs Intel Core M-5Y31

AMD A8-4500M
AMD Socket FS1r2MOBILE
1900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2012
AMD A8-4500M
Intel Core M-5Y31
MOBILE
900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2014
Intel Core M-5Y31

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-4500M
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    125%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-4500M
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    156%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-4500M
    100%
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    108%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-4500M

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core M-5Y31

Much higher single threaded performance (around 56% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
8% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 25% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core M-5Y31

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core M-5Y31

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
FMA3
F16C
XOP
Turbo Core
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Broadwell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportunknownvsDDR4
CodenameTrinityvsBroadwell-Y
Release DateMay 2012vsOct 2014

Cores

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7640GvsIntel HD 5300

Cache

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
L1 Cache192 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
SocketAMD Socket FS1r2vs
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vs50mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A8-4500MIntel Core M-5Y31
Cpu Frequency1900 MHzvs900 MHz
Turbo Clock2800 MHzvs2400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.3 Vvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-4500M
    1708 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2688 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-4500M
    3801 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2419 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A8-4500M
    2438
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2589

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A8-4500M
    1820.5
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    3395.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A8-4500M
    4872
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    6563

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-4500M
    0.71
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A8-4500M
    1.71
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    2.2

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A8-4500M
    40.76
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    15.9

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A8-4500M
    1777
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1745

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A8-4500M
    58.39
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    71.98

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A8-4500M
    10.84
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    9.52

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A8-4500M
    1.1
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    1.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A8-4500M
    0.22
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.2

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A8-4500M
    0.12
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    0.11

GB/s

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-4500M (simulated)
    61.31
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    98

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-4500M (simulated)
    160.14
  • Intel Core M-5Y31
    208

points - higher is better