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    AMD A8-5545M vs Intel Core i3-2100

    AMD A8-5545M
    AMD Socket FP2MOBILE
    1700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
    AMD A8-5545M
    Intel Core i3-2100
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2011
    Intel Core i3-2100

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A8-5545M
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      188%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A8-5545M
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      194%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A8-5545M
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      181%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-5545M

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

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-2100

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 94% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 81% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 88% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i3-2100

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i3-2100

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-2100

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameRichlandvsSandy Bridge
    Release DateJun 2013vsFeb 2011

    Cores

    AMD A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8510GvsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    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 A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    SocketAMD Socket FP2vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Temp71°Cvsunknown
    PackageBGA2vsFC-LGA10
    Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-5545MIntel Core i3-2100
    Cpu Frequency1700 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock2700 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP25 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-5545M
      1647 points
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      3100 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-5545M
      3401 points
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      7440 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD A8-5545M
      2811
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      4739

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD A8-5545M
      1053
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      2215

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A8-5545M (simulated)
      59.12
    • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
      105.24

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A8-5545M (simulated)
      143.29
    • Intel Core i3-2100 (simulated)
      279.91

    points - higher is better

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