AMD G-T48E vs Intel Core i5-2520M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD G Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  AMD G Intel Core i 2000M

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
  1.40 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• 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
  AMD Radeon HD 6250 Intel HD Graphics 3000
• GPU frequency
  0.28 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.30 GHz
• Execution units
  1 12
• Shader
  80 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  3 6
• DirectX Version
  11 10.1
• Technology
  40 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2010 Q1/2011

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 No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2520M and AMD G-T48E. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD G-T48E and Intel Core i5-2520M to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  18 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD G-T48E and AMD G-T48E, 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
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Sandy Bridge H
• Technology
  40 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  N/A PPGA 988
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q1/2011