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Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD A12-9700P
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
AMD A12-9700P
65 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
AMD A12-9700P
51 %
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-2500
14 %
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD A12-9700P
100 %
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | AMD A (112) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 2000 (28) | AMD A12-9700 (2) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge S | Excavator (Bristol Ridge) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | FP4 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 4x Excavator |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 2.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.70 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
|
Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 2000 | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) |
| GPU frequency | 0.85 - 1.10 GHz | 0.76 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 8 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q2/2016 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | DDR4-1866 (29.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A12-9700P |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q4/2016 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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