AMD PRO A4-8350B vs Intel Core i5-2390T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A4-8350B and Intel Core i5-2390T 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A4-8350B

Intel Core i5-2390T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A4-8350B

Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 71.30°C vs 65.0°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

Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C vs 65.0°C
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2390T

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1516 vs 1437
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2493 vs 1690

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1516 vs 1437
PassMark - CPU mark	2493 vs 1690

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A4-8350B
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2390T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1437

1516

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1690

2493

Name	AMD PRO A4-8350B	Intel Core i5-2390T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1437	1516
PassMark - CPU mark	1690	2493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2028
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2028
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5655
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2965
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5471

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A4-8350B	Intel Core i5-2390T
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD835BYBI23JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1100	1080
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A4 APU for Desktops	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Sandy Bridge
Launch date		February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)		$100
Price now		$99.90
Processor Number		i5-2390T
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		12.56
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.70 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C	65.0°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	4
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		131 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Transistor count		504 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 1066/1333
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	757 MHz	1.1 GHz
iGPU core count	256
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID		0x102
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 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
Configurable TDP	45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 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 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)