AMD E2-3200 vs Intel Core i5-2400

AMD E2-3200
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
AMD E2-3200
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i5-2400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD E2-3200
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    305%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD E2-3200
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    221%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD E2-3200
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    390%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD E2-3200

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 121% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 290% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 205% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-2400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-2400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

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


Specifications

Features

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsSandy Bridge
Release DateSep 2011vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6370DvsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size228mm²vs216mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD E2-3200Intel Core i5-2400
Cpu Frequency2400 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD E2-3200
    2400 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    3400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD E2-3200
    4800 points
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    12400 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD E2-3200
    2100
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    8204

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD E2-3200
    1191
  • Intel Core i5-2400
    2633

points - higher is better