AMD A8-3850 vs Intel Core i5-4460S. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 4
• CPU group
  AMD A8-3000 Intel Core i 4000

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
  2.90 GHz 2.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  No turbo 3.10 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes 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
  AMD Radeon HD 6550D Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  5 20
• Shader
  400 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  3 7.5
• DirectX Version
  11 11.1
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2011 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 Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4460S and AMD A8-3850. 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
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-3850 and Intel Core i5-4460S to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-3850 and AMD A8-3850, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Haswell S
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FM1 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q2/2014