Intel Core i5-3210M vs AMD A8-5500

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3210M and AMD A8-5500. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

554Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score442
1232Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1214
2440PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1535PassMark Single Thread Rating
14843DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3210MProcessorAMD A8-5500
2500 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3100 MHzMaximum Frequency3700 MHz
2Cores4
4Threads4
35 WTDP65 W
Intel HD Graphics 4000GPURadeon HD 7560D
Ivy BridgeCodenameTrinity
FCBGA1023PackageSocket FM2

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

578Single-Core Score440
1271Multi-Core Score1286
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H1323)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)ModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
MacBookPro9,2Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 MacBookPro9,2MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A75M-D3H

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3210MNameAMD A8-5500
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 16 Stepping 1
2.50 GHzBase Frequency2.79 GHz
Maximum Frequency3193 MHz
PackageSocket FM2 (904)
CodenameTrinity
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 2
3.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

4.00 GBSize16.00 GB
Frequency532 MHz
RAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

578Single-Core Score440
676Crypto Score666
545Integer Score447
634Floating Point Score 387
676
1.15 GB/sec
AES-XTS666
1.13 GB/sec
627
3.17 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)550
2.78 MB/sec
603
28.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression558
26.4 Mpixels/sec
560
1.58 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)476
1.34 MTE/sec
447
525.3 KElements/sec
HTML5397
466.0 KElements/sec
511
160.2 Krows/sec
SQLite443
138.7 Krows/sec
546
29.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering440
23.9 Mpixels/sec
529
168.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering362
115.4 KB/sec
532
4.14 Klines/sec
Clang437
3.41 Klines/sec
573
6.64 images/sec
Camera398
4.61 images/sec
513
641.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics288
359.8 Kpairs/sec
786
4870.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics356
2208.5 FPS
504
27.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur263
14.4 Mpixels/sec
625
4.81 images/sec
Face Detection386
2.97 images/sec
611
15.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection329
8.10 Mpixels/sec
1073
52.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting808
39.6 Mpixels/sec
1049
14.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR812
11.1 Mpixels/sec
742
595.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing466
374.4 Kpixels/sec
463
4.15 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion299
2.68 Kpixels/sec
551
17.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition397
12.7 Words/sec
399
15.4 images/sec
Machine Learning235
9.07 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1271Multi-Core Score1286
1423Crypto Score1467
1210Integer Score1298
1379Floating Point Score 1231
1423
2.43 GB/sec
AES-XTS1467
2.50 GB/sec
1578
7.98 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1756
8.88 MB/sec
1430
67.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1700
80.4 Mpixels/sec
986
2.78 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1015
2.86 MTE/sec
982
1.15 MElements/sec
HTML51163
1.37 MElements/sec
1240
388.5 Krows/sec
SQLite1368
428.5 Krows/sec
1273
69.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1413
76.7 Mpixels/sec
1172
373.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering997
317.7 KB/sec
1151
8.96 Klines/sec
Clang1289
10.0 Klines/sec
1197
13.9 images/sec
Camera1196
13.9 images/sec
1195
1.50 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics914
1.14 Mpairs/sec
2004
12413.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1306
8088.8 FPS
1227
67.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1106
60.8 Mpixels/sec
1439
11.1 images/sec
Face Detection1434
11.0 images/sec
1433
35.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1131
27.9 Mpixels/sec
2005
98.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2202
108.0 Mpixels/sec
2459
33.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR2519
34.3 Mpixels/sec
1923
1.54 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1496
1.20 Mpixels/sec
1051
9.42 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion905
8.11 Kpixels/sec
969
31.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1065
34.0 Words/sec
586
22.6 images/sec
Machine Learning575
22.2 images/sec