Intel Core i5 3210M vs AMD A10 4600M

older Released June, 2012

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 3210M

	Significantly more l3 cache 3 MB		Significantly newer manufacturing process 22 nm
	Much better turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz		Higher clock speed 2.5 GHz

older Released May, 2012

Reasons to buy the AMD A10 4600M

	Much more l2 cache 4 MB		Much better sky diver score 2,832
	More cores 4		Higher turbo clock speed 3.2 GHz

The Intel Core i5 3210M versus the AMD A10 4600M: a battle between two heavyweights with different specialties.

The 3210M is faster as a processor with a higher base speed of 2.5 GHz, and a bigger cache of 3MB. It's also hyperthreaded for good measure, and it's capable of running multiple processes easily. On the other hand, the 4600M is an Advanced Processing Unit, which means that what it lacks in processing power, it makes up for stellar graphics. Compared to the 3210M’s integrated HD 4000 graphics, the 4600M contains a Radeon 7660G which gives almost twice the performance in gaming benchmarks such as 3DMark. This is a boon for gamers, who can turn up their graphics settings to High, while still maintaining a smooth frame rate.

Choose what best suits your needs: If you're a video editor and multitasker, opt for the blistering performance of the Intel Core i5 3210M. If you're a gamer or a multimedia geek, you’ll get more frags with the AMD A10 4600M.

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 3210M 6.8 A10 4600M 6.8 A8 4500M 6.3
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 3210M 7.8 A10 4600M 6.6 A8 4500M 6.3
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 3210M 6.2 A10 4600M 7.0 A8 4500M 6.3
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 3210M 7.1 A10 4600M 8.0 A8 4500M 7.3
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 3210M 6.3 A10 4600M 6.5 A8 4500M 6.2
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 3210M 5.9 A10 4600M 8.1 A8 4500M 6.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

7.7	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i5 3210M 6.8 A10 4600M 7.7 A8 4500M 6.6

Winner
Intel Core i5 3210M

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i5 3210M based on its performance and single-core performance.

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 3210M

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Significantly more l3 cache

3 MB

1 MB

3x more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

Significantly newer manufacturing process

22 nm

32 nm

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor

Much better turbo clock speed

1,100 MHz

685 MHz

More than 60% better turbo clock speed

Higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

2.3 GHz

Around 10% higher clock speed

Much more l3 cache per core

1.5 MB/core

0.25 MB/core

6x more l3 cache per core

Significantly better geekbench 3 single core score

2,547

1,434

Around 80% better geekbench 3 single core score

Significantly higher GPU clock speed

650 MHz

496 MHz

More than 30% higher GPU clock speed

Significantly better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

4,949

3,679

Around 35% better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

105 °C

100 °C

5% higher Maximum operating temperature

Better 3DMark06 CPU score

3,553

2,865.5

Around 25% better 3DMark06 CPU score

Better PassMark score

3,823

3,174

More than 20% better PassMark score

Better overclocked clock speed (Water)

2.5 GHz

2.3 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Reasons to consider the
AMD A10 4600M

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Much more l2 cache

4 MB

1 MB

4x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

Much better sky diver score

2,832

1,802

More than 55% better sky diver score

More cores

Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

Higher turbo clock speed

3.2 GHz

3.1 GHz

Around 5% higher turbo clock speed

Significantly better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score

13.64 fps

6.84 fps

Around 2x better CompuBench 1.5 video composition score

Much more l2 cache per core

1 MB/core

0.5 MB/core

2x more l2 cache per core

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3210M

6.22 mHash/s

A10 4600M

54.12 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 3210M

0.97 fps

A10 4600M

0.62 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

2,240

A10 4600M

2,610

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

1,802

A10 4600M

2,832

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 3210M

4,254

A10 4600M

4,110

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

5,193

A10 4600M

3,860

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

2,547

A10 4600M

1,434

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 3210M

2,090,000 MB/s

A10 4600M

1,670,000 MB/s

summary	Core i5 3210M	A10 4600M
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Quad core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	35W	35W
Annual home energy cost	8.43 $/year	8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	13.33 pt/W	12.67 pt/W
Typical power consumption	28.44W	28.44W

details	Core i5 3210M	A10 4600M
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core	1 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB	1 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	32 nm
Transistor count	1,400,000,000	1,303,000,000
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	25	23
Operating temperature	Unknown - 105°C	Unknown - 100°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.89 GHz	2.97 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.89 GHz	2.97 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	HD 4000	Radeon™ HD 7660G
Latest DirectX	11.0	11.0
GPU clock speed	650 MHz	496 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	685 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s

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Comments

Showing 5 comments.

Raja Prabhu (09:53 PM, May 30, 2016)

I have been using laptops with AMD processor for last 6 years...I would say that AMD is best than Intel i3 or i5...Look at the CPUboss score off AMD..but they announced Intel as winner..What the ****...

Flicefer (09:06 AM, April 3, 2016)

haha.. damn i have amd apu.. im a loser xD

Anthony Evans (03:05 PM, August 19, 2015)

This website sucks remove it from search results.

Pepe Toni (10:48 AM, October 19, 2014)

Nope, re-read well... it says the general performance is 90% of the Intel... but without looking at the price, and the price is 3.5x less than the Intel!: Much better performance per dollar 7.7 pt/$vs2.21 pt/$ Around 3.5x better performance per dollar

Bee Namin (06:29 PM, October 8, 2014)

according to this site amd always loser

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