Core i5-5250U vs Pro A10-8700B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A10-8700B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.43
Core i5-5250U
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.59
+11.2%

i5-5250U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking21582059
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Broadwell (2014−2019)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$315

Detailed specifications

Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data133 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million1900 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4 BGAIntel BGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+
HSA+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)Intel HD Graphics 6000

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U.

PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Pro A10-8700B 1.43
i5-5250U 1.59
+11.2%

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.

Pro A10-8700B 2212
i5-5250U 2453
+10.9%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pro A10-8700B 464
i5-5250U 813
+75.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pro A10-8700B 994
i5-5250U 1568
+57.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pro A10-8700B 2200
i5-5250U 4104
+86.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pro A10-8700B 5907
i5-5250U 8721
+47.6%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pro A10-8700B 2798
i5-5250U 3393
+21.3%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pro A10-8700B 30.7
i5-5250U 19.5
+57.4%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pro A10-8700B 2
i5-5250U 3
+21.8%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pro A10-8700B 192
i5-5250U 260
+35.4%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 70
i5-5250U 107
+52.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 0.82
i5-5250U 1.16
+41.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 0.9
i5-5250U 1.5
+76.5%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 897
i5-5250U 2423
+170%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 9
i5-5250U 16
+81.5%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 45
i5-5250U 89
+94.9%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Pro A10-8700B 2728
i5-5250U 5216
+91.2%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Pro A10-8700B 950
i5-5250U 2638
+178%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 1.59
Integrated graphics card 1.47 2.20
Recency 3 June 2015 1 March 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Pro A10-8700B has an age advantage of 3 months, 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.

i5-5250U, on the other hand, has a 11.2% higher aggregate performance score, 49.7% faster integrated GPU, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-5250U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A10-8700B and Core i5-5250U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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