AMD A10-4655M vs Intel Core i5-2515E

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-4655M and Intel Core i5-2515E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, 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 A10-4655M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 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 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs February 2011
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2515E

  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1189 vs 909
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1882 vs 1658
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.10 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1189 vs 909
PassMark - CPU mark 1882 vs 1658

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-4655M
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2515E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
909
1189
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1658
1882
Name AMD A10-4655M Intel Core i5-2515E
PassMark - Single thread mark 909 1189
PassMark - CPU mark 1658 1882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 264
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.12
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3232
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3232

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-4655M Intel Core i5-2515E

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Sandy Bridge
Launch date 15 May 2012 February 2011
Place in performance rating 2052 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 4096 KB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.8 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

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP2 FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 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)

Memory

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

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)