Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD E2-3000. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD E2-3000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD E
• Generation
  2 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 1.65 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  10.1 11.1
• Execution units
  6 2
• Generation
  6 5
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 AMD Radeon HD 8280
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2013
• Shader
  48 128
• Technology
  32 nm 28 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD E2-3000 and Intel Core i5-2500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2500 and AMD E2-3000 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2500 and AMD E2-3000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Llano (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 1 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q3/2013
• Socket
  LGA 1155 -
• Technology
  32 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V