AMD A10-8700P vs Intel Core i5-2520M

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Laptops 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1000 points

2% slightly better overall score

979 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1959 points

4% slightly better gaming score

1873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

747 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

738 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

717 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

708 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.21 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

12.81 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

951 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

915 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

351 points

462 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1076 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

929 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

487 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

467 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

2.5 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

Identical

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

Identical

35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

972nd of 1,118

982nd of 1,118

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Laptops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A10-8700P vs Core i5-2520M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A10-8700P is faster than the Core i5-2520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2520M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A10-8700P. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A10-8700P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.