AMD E-300 vs Intel Core i5-2515E

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General info

Comparing Core i5-2515E and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2194not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD E-Series
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years old)22 August 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$266no data
Current priceno data$200

Technical specs

Core i5-2515E and E-300 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus support4 × 5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm40 nm
Die size149 mm275 mm2
Number of transistors624 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-2515E and E-300 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketIntel BGA1023FT1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-2515E and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataDDR3-1066 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 2 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-2515E and E-300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-2515E and E-300 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-2515E and E-300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel HD Graphics 3000AMD Radeon HD 6310

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-2515E 1882
+455%
E-300 339

Core i5-2515E outperforms E-300 by 455% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Integrated graphics card 0.66
Recency 1 February 2011 22 August 2011
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

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