Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD A10-9600P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD A10-9600
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  2 6
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  - No

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

• A-Core
  - No
• B-Core
  - No
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
• C-Core
  - No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.6 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
  10.1 12
• Execution units
  6 5
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 750 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2000 AMD Radeon R5 - 384
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2016
• Shader
  48 384
• 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 A10-9600P and Intel Core i5-2500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR4-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -
• PCIe
  - 3.0 x 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2500 and AMD A10-9600P 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
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2500 and AMD A10-9600P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Excavator
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB No
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2016
• Socket
  LGA 1155 FP4
• Technology
  32 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V