AMD Athlon 5150 vs Intel Pentium E5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 5150 and Intel Pentium E5300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 5150

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 74.1°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1388 vs 902
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 573 vs 554
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 74.1°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1388 vs 902
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 573 vs 554

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5300

  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1014 vs 545
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 316 vs 179
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1014 vs 545
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 316 vs 179

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 5150
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
545
1014
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1388
902
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
179
316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
573
554
Name AMD Athlon 5150 Intel Pentium E5300
PassMark - Single thread mark 545 1014
PassMark - CPU mark 1388 902
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 179 316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 573 554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 549
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 763
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 549
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 763
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2271

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 5150 Intel Pentium E5300

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD5150JAHMBOX
OPN Tray AD5150JAH44HM
Place in performance rating 2730 2727
Series AMD Athlon Quad-Core APU Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Wolfdale
Launch date November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $64
Price now $15.40
Processor Number E5300
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 29.44

Performance

Base frequency 1.6 GHz 2.60 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 74.1°C
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB
Die size 82 mm2
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz
Transistor count 228 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.3625V

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 600 MHz
iGPU core count 128
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM1 LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)