Intel Core i5-2415M vs AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-2415M and AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Core i5-2415M

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2415M

CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1213 vs 546
5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1953 vs 346

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 February 2011 vs January 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1213 vs 546
PassMark - CPU mark	1953 vs 346

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-2415M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1213

546

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1953

346

Name	Intel Core i5-2415M	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1213	546
PassMark - CPU mark	1953	346
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	442
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	27.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.871

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i5-2415M	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Barton
Launch date	20 February 2011	January 2001
Place in performance rating	2960	2929
Series	Intel Core i5
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	149 mm	101 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	624 Million	63 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	BGA1023	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)