Intel Core i3-3227U vs AMD A4-5300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD A
• Generation
  3 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000U AMD A4-5000

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
  1.90 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 AMD Radeon HD 7480D
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.72 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  16 2
• Shader
  128 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  7 4
• DirectX Version
  11.0 11
• Technology
  22 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2012

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-5300 and Intel Core i3-3227U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-3227U and AMD A4-5300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  17 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-3227U and Intel Core i3-3227U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge U Kabini (Jaguar)
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1023 FM2
• Release date
  Q1/2013 Q3/2012