AMD A6-3650 vs Intel Core i5-2500

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1611 points
1975 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2982 points
3663 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1230 points
1502 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1180 points
1441 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the A6-3650 and the Core i5-2500? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1221 points
1687 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

354 points
571 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

916 points
1692 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

296 points
592 points
100% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W
95 W
5% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

786th of 1,089
725th of 1,089

Family

The product line

-
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A6-3650 vs Core i5-2500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2500 beats the A6-3650 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-3650 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. The Core i5-2500 outputs less heat than A6-3650 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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. For instance, the A6-3650 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons