Intel Core i3-5010U vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U AMD Athlon PRO 300
• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon
• Generation
  5 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.4 GHz

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
  11.2 12
• Execution units
  24 3
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 1000 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  900 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 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 / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i3-5010U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-5010U and AMD Athlon PRO 300U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  10 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-5010U and AMD Athlon PRO 300U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell U Picasso (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1168 FP5
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM