Intel Core i5 3210M vs AMD A8 4500M

older Released June, 2012

Intel Core i5 3210M

2.5 GHz
Dual core

Front view of Intel Core i5 3210M

6.4 Out of 10

Newly branded as the Core M line, Broadwell-Y is meant to target the market looking for similar performance of today's ultra-low voltage Haswell processors but with longer battery life and more efficient designs.

by Ryan-Shrout (Nov, 2014)

VS

older Released May, 2012

AMD A8 4500M

1.9 GHz
Quad core

Front view of AMD A8 4500M

6.4 Out of 10

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 3210M 6.7 A8 4500M 6.2 A10 4600M 6.7
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 3210M 7.8 A8 4500M 6.2 A10 4600M 6.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 3210M 6.1 A8 4500M 6.3 A10 4600M 7.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 3210M 6.8 A8 4500M 7.3 A10 4600M 7.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 3210M 5.9 A8 4500M 5.8 A10 4600M 6.1
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 A8 4500M 6.3 A10 4600M 10.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

No winner declared

Too close to call

Thanks for adding your opinion. Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest news!

VS

Intel Core i5 3210M

Front view of Intel Core i5 3210M

Front view of AMD A8 4500M

AMD A8 4500M

Join the discussion

Front view of Intel Core i5 3210M

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 3210M

Report a correction

CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Intel Core i5 3210M vs the AMD A8 4500M.

Front view of AMD A8 4500M

Reasons to consider the
AMD A8 4500M

Report a correction

CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the AMD A8 4500M vs the Intel Core i5 3210M.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

6.22 mHash/s

36.54 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

0.97 fps

0.38 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

2,240

2,220

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

1,802

2,194

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

4,254

3,331

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

5,193

3,234

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,547

1,223

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,090,000 MB/s

1,420,000 MB/s

summary	Core i5 3210M	vs	A8 4500M
Clock speed	2.5 GHz		1.9 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz		2.8 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	12.39 pt/W		9.37 pt/W
Typical power consumption	28.44W		28.44W

details	Core i5 3210M	vs	A8 4500M
Threads	4		4
L2 cache	1 MB		4 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core		1 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		19
Operating temperature	Unknown - 105°C		Unknown - 100°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.89 GHz		2.34 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.5 GHz		1.9 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	1,623.4		1,054.9
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.89 GHz		2.34 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU		GPU
Label	HD 4000		Radeon™ HD 7640G
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

Intel Core i5 3210M

Report a correction

AMD A8 4500M

Report a correction

VS

Intel Core i5 3210M vs AMD A10 4600M

VS

AMD A8 4500M vs Intel Core i3 3110M

Comments

Showing 5 comments.

me (05:17 AM, December 8, 2014)

because the card is not unlocked and doesnt overclock well. trust me ;/

Boby (12:26 PM, October 16, 2014)

hey wait a minute. why overclock speed is still lower than turbo clock speed m :\

akshay geo munna (04:33 PM, September 4, 2014)

wow

Jude Fiorillo (01:37 PM, July 15, 2013)

Thanks jack, we appreciate the support :)

jack (11:55 AM, July 14, 2013)

Keep up the hard Work! Thanks

comments powered by Disqus