AMD A10-4600M vs Intel Core i5-2515E

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-4600M and Intel Core i5-2515E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4600M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1938 vs 1882
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs February 2011
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1938 vs 1882

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2515E

  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1189 vs 1078
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1189 vs 1078

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-4600M
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2515E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1078
1189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1938
1882
Name AMD A10-4600M Intel Core i5-2515E
PassMark - Single thread mark 1078 1189
PassMark - CPU mark 1938 1882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3279
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3279

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-4600M Intel Core i5-2515E

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Sandy Bridge
Launch date 15 May 2012 February 2011
Place in performance rating 2051 2066
Series AMD A-Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i5-2515E
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 149 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1303 Million 624 million
Base frequency 2.50 GHz
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 100 C

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16.6 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 31mm x 24mm (FCBGA1023)

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 3000

Graphics interfaces

CRT
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)