AMD PRO A10-8850B vs Intel Core i5-2450P

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8850B and Intel Core i5-2450P 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, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A10-8850B

Intel Core i5-2450P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2450P

Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 72.40°C
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1679 vs 1611
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4203 vs 3752

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	72.6°C vs 72.40°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1679 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark	4203 vs 3752

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8850B
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2450P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1611

1679

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3752

4203

Name	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Core i5-2450P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1611	1679
PassMark - CPU mark	3752	4203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.575
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9180

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Core i5-2450P
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD885BXBI44JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	886	841
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge
Launch date		January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)		$215
Price now		$89.99
Processor Number		i5-2450P
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		20.11
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.20 GHz
Compute Cores	12
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		216 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1160 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	512
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 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
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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™)
IOMMU 2.0
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)