Intel Core i5-5257U vs AMD Athlon 200GE

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-5257U		AMD Athlon 200GE
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-5257U or AMD Athlon 200GE - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-5257U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5257U was released in Q1/2015. The AMD Athlon 200GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 200GE was released in Q3/2018.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 5000U (16)	CPU group	AMD Athlon 200 (3)
5	Generation	5
Broadwell U	Architecture	Raven Ridge (Zen+)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i5-4258U	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-5257U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (3.10 GHz). The AMD Athlon 200GE has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.20 GHz).
Intel Core i5-5257U	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 200GE
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.70 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.20 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-5257U	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 200GE
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel Iris Graphics 6100	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.30 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
1.05 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
8	GPU Generation	8
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
48	Compute units	3
384	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
16 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11.2	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Graphics 6100	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-5257U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 200GE can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-5257U	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 200GE
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
3.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
6.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-5257U has a TDP of 28 W, that of the AMD Athlon 200GE is 35 W.
Intel Core i5-5257U	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 200GE
28 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
23 W	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i5-5257U has a 3.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon 200GE cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-5257U	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 200GE
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1168	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems
Q1/2015	Release date	Q3/2018
--	Release price	55 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-5257U (94%)

AMD Athlon 200GE (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-5257U (88%)

AMD Athlon 200GE (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	760 (87%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	872 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1649 (85%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1936 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	971 (99%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	981 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1964 (99%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1986 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	277 (92%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	302 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	706 (93%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	761 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz	806 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz	384 (48%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3034 (74%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	4100 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	126 (99%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	127 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	327 (91%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	360 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	952 (100%)

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