AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Core i5-650

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and Intel Core i5-650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X2 220

Intel Core i5-650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 220

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 73 Watt

Launch date	September 2010 vs January 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 73 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-650

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1363 vs 1091
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2255 vs 1038
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 520 vs 339
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1152 vs 603

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1363 vs 1091
PassMark - CPU mark	2255 vs 1038
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	520 vs 339
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1152 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-650

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1091

1363

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1038

2255

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

339

520

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

603

1152

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 220	Intel Core i5-650
PassMark - Single thread mark	1091	1363
PassMark - CPU mark	1038	2255
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	339	520
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	603	1152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		29.917
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.394

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 220	Intel Core i5-650
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Clarkdale
Launch date	September 2010	January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	$35
Place in performance rating	2658	2691
Price now	$32.19	$99.99
Value for money (0-100)	14.92	9.14
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		i5-650
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	81 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	382 million
Base frequency		3.20 GHz
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache		4096 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Number of threads		4
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.38 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		733 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)