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    AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i5-2500S

    AMD Athlon 3000G
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Nov 2019
    AMD Athlon 3000G
    Intel Core i5-2500S
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    Intel Core i5-2500S

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon 3000G
      108%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon 3000G
      113%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon 3000G
      103%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon 3000G

    13% higher single threaded performance.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 8% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2500S

    None
    AMD Athlon 3000G

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Athlon 3000G

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsSandy Bridge
    Release DateNov 2019vsJan 2011

    Cores

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    Cores2vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
    PackageµPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size148mm²vs216mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon 3000GIntel Core i5-2500S
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs2700 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevs3700 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    VoltageN/Avsunknown
    TDP35 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon 3000G
      3850 points
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      3700 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon 3000G
      9394 points
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      10800 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
      138.21
    • Intel Core i5-2500S (simulated)
      122

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
      398.61
    • Intel Core i5-2500S (simulated)
      384.55

    points - higher is better

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