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).

 

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: 1369 vs 1091
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2248 vs 1043
  • 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 1369 vs 1091
PassMark - CPU mark 2248 vs 1043
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
1369
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1043
2248
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 1369
PassMark - CPU mark 1043 2248
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 2647 2669
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)