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AMD A10-5700 vs Intel Core i5-8259U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2012
AMD A10-5700
AMD A10-5700
Released
Q2/2018
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Intel Core i5-8259U
Intel Core i5-8259U

What's the best choice AMD A10-5700 or Intel Core i5-8259U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD A10-5700 has a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2012.

Intel Core i5-8259U has a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 28 W. Released in Q2/2018.

Differences

AMD A10-5700 Reasons to consider
AMD A10-5700
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1236 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 32% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A10-5700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    996 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    848 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1169 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1209 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    558 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    654 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    606 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    427 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    479 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    24 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    935 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    604 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.43 times less performance per watt

    28 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-8259U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    325 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    295 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    362 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    317 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    326 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    381 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    565 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    619 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    414 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    156 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    226 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    77 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    216 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    503 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    196 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
Intel Core i5-8259U Intel Core i5-8259U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    AMD A left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 8
  • CPU group
    AMD A10-5000 left arrow Intel Core i 8000U
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon HD 7660D left arrow Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
  • GPU frequency
    0.80 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.05 GHz
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 48
  • Shader
    384 left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2012 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8259U and AMD A10-5700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 32 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-5700 and Intel Core i5-8259U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 28 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-5700 and AMD A10-5700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Trinity (Piledriver) left arrow Coffee Lake U
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    FM2 left arrow BGA 1528
  • Release date
    Q3/2012 left arrow Q2/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD A10-5700 and Intel Core i5-8259U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
56
AMD A10-5700
162
Intel Core i5-8259U
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
231
AMD A10-5700
774
Intel Core i5-8259U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
473
AMD A10-5700
973
Intel Core i5-8259U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1263
AMD A10-5700
3983
Intel Core i5-8259U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
614
AMD A10-5700
806
Intel Core i5-8259U
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
1892
AMD A10-5700
4116
Intel Core i5-8259U
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS
5210
AMD A10-5700
15364
Intel Core i5-8259U
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D
1.03
AMD A10-5700
1.81
Intel Core i5-8259U
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
3
AMD A10-5700
8.29
Intel Core i5-8259U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
4252
AMD A10-5700
11002
Intel Core i5-8259U

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