Intel Core i3-5015U vs AMD A4-5000. 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
  5 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U 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
  2.10 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• 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 5500 AMD Radeon HD 8330
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 2
• Shader
  192 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 5
• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.1
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q2/2013

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
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-5000 and Intel Core i3-5015U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-5015U and AMD A4-5000 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-5015U and Intel Core i3-5015U, 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, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell U Kabini (Jaguar)
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1168 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2013