AMD Athlon 5370 vs Intel Core i7-2600S

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 5370 and Intel Core i7-2600S processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 5370

  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 69.1°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 69.1°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-2600S

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1723 vs 757
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4605 vs 1905
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 693 vs 269
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2287 vs 905
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1723 vs 757
PassMark - CPU mark 4605 vs 1905
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 693 vs 269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2287 vs 905

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 5370
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-2600S

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
757
1723
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1905
4605
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
269
693
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
905
2287
Name AMD Athlon 5370 Intel Core i7-2600S
PassMark - Single thread mark 757 1723
PassMark - CPU mark 1905 4605
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 269 693
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 905 2287
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 63.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.081

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 5370 Intel Core i7-2600S

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray AD5370JAH44HM
Place in performance rating 2413 2428
Series AMD Athlon Quad-Core APU Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $210
Price now $198.99
Processor Number i7-2600S
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.47

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 69.1°C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz
Transistor count 1160 million

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 600 MHz 1.35 GHz
iGPU core count 128
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x102
Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM1 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
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)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

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