AMD PRO A12-9800 vs Intel Core i5-2500T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-9800 and Intel Core i5-2500T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, 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), 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A12-9800

Intel Core i5-2500T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 27% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 29% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 69.8°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
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1686 vs 1485
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3705 vs 2929

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 October 2016 vs January 2011
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 69.8°C
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1686 vs 1485
PassMark - CPU mark	3705 vs 2929

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2500T

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-9800
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2500T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1686

1485

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3705

2929

Name	AMD PRO A12-9800	Intel Core i5-2500T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1686	1485
PassMark - CPU mark	3705	2929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	279.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	131.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1715
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2788
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7147

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-9800	Intel Core i5-2500T
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 October 2016	January 2011
OPN Tray	AD980BAUM44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1063	1070
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge
Processor Number		i5-2500T
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	2.30 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	69.8°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	8
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)
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1160 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	1108 MHz	1.25 GHz
Processor graphics	R7	Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID		0x102
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 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	AM4	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)