AMD Pro A10-8700B vs Intel Core i5-2560M

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Combined performance score

i5-2560M
1.56
+8.3%

Core i5-2560M outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19812059
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Carrizo
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release dateno data3 June 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$1180 $326

Technical specs

Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 5 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2048 KB
L3 cache3 MBno data
Chip lithography32 nm28 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Number of transistors624 Million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B 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)no data
Socketno dataFP4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt12 - 35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHSA 1.0
AES-NI+1
FMA+FMA4
AVX+AVX
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
RAIDno data+
HSAno data+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data1
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333DDR3/DDR3L-2133
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 3000AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Number of pipelinesno data384
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-2560M 1.56
+8.3%
Pro A10-8700B 1.44

Core i5-2560M outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 8% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

i5-2560M 2397
+8.1%
Pro A10-8700B 2217

Core i5-2560M outperforms Pro A10-8700B by 8% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.56 1.44
Integrated graphics card 0.66
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 12 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i5-2560M and Pro A10-8700B. The differences in performance seem too small.


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