AMD A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-3225

Mini Review

AMD A4-5300 advantages

Operating frequency of this microprocessor is higher than the frequency of the i3-3225.
The CPU has AES technology enabled. These instructions provide hardware acceleration of AES encryption and decryption, and are useful if you need to secure your disk or network data.
The AMD A4-5300 incorporates FMA4 and XOP instructions, that were introduced in the recent past. These extensions are not broadly used by programs yet, however their support should improve in future apps.
The CPU features FMA3 instruction set extension. This technology is only offered on AMD CPUs, therefore not many software vendors may support it in the future.
The AMD A4-5300 is priced 65% lower.

Intel Core i3-3225 advantages

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The CPU has Hyper-Threading feature, which doubles the number of threads that the CPU can process simultaneously.
The i3-3225 is 15% more energy efficient.

A4-5300 vs i3-3225 specifications comparison

The charts below show the difference between Intel i3-3225 and AMD A4-5300 most important characteristics. These features, along with an IPC (instructions per cycle) number, determine how well a processor performs. The "Number of cores / threads" graph displays the number of cores (darker area). Lighter area on the graph corresponds to the number of additional threads, provided by Hyper-Threading technology. The "Operating frequency" chart uses dark color for base frequency, whereas lighter area is for extra frequency, provided by Turbo feature. Darker area on the "On-chip cache" graph is for the On-chip L2 cache. Lighter area is for the L3 cache cache. Although the L3 cache cache is usually larger than the On-chip L2 cache, it is always slower.

The number of cores / threads

5
4
3
2
1
0

2

4

Higher is better

Operating frequency

4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0

3.6GHz

3.3GHz

Higher is better

On-chip L2 + L3 cache

4000
3200
2400
1600
800
0

1024KB

3584KB

Higher is better

Thermal Design Power

80
64
48
32
16
0

65W

55W

Lower is better

Current official price

200
160
120
80
40
0

$47

$134

Lower is better

- AMD A4-5300 - Intel Core i3-3225

Detailed side by side comparison of A4-5300 vs Core i3-3225 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab.

Pros and Cons summary


A4-5300	Core i3-3225
General recommendations: Higher base frequency, Features FMA4 / XOP instructions, Significantly cheaper	General recommendations: Can execute more threads at once, Lower power consumption
Drawbacks: Handles fewer threads, Less energy efficient	Drawbacks: Base frequency is lower, Does not support some instructions, Much higher official price

Similar processors


A4-5300	Core i3-3225
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Similar CPUs use the same socket and architecture as A4-5300 and Core i3-3225, but their performance and other characteristics are slightly different.

Specifications

	AMD A4-5300	Intel Core i3-3225
	Basic details
Market segment	Desktop
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Family	AMD A4-Series	Intel Core i3
Model number	A4-5300	i3-3225
CPU part number	AD5300OKA23HJ	CM8063701133903
Box part number	AD5300OKHJBOX	BX80637I33225 BXC80637I33225
Introduction date	October 2, 2012	September 2, 2012
Current official price	$47 (as of Apr 2013)	$134 (as of Apr 2013)

	CPU features
Core name	Trinity	Ivy Bridge
Platform name	Virgo
Microarchitecture	Piledriver	Ivy Bridge
Technology (micron)	0.032	0.022
Data width (bits)	64
Socket	Socket FM2	Socket 1155
Frequency (MHz)	3400	3300
Turbo Frequency (MHz)	3600
Clock Multiplier		33
L1 cache	64 KB (code) / 32 KB (data)	64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)	1024	512
L3 cache (KB)		3072
Max temperature (°C)	70
TDP (Watt)	65	55
Core voltage (V)	0.825 - 1.475
Cores	2
Threads	2	4
Multiprocessing	1

	Instruction set extensions
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard	+	-
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology	+
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions	+
F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion	+
FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add	+	-
FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add	+	-
MMX	+
SSE	+
SSE2	+
SSE3	+
SSE4.1	+
SSE4.2	+
SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3	+
XOP / eXtended Operations	+	-

	Supported technologies
Hyper-Threading	-	+
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep	+
Turbo Core / Turbo Boost	+	-
Virtualization	+
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit	+

	Integrated Graphics
GPU Type	Radeon HD 7480D	HD 4000
Base frequency (MHz)	723	650

	Integrated Memory Controller(s)
The number of controllers	1
Memory channels	2
Supported memory	DDR3-1600	DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600

Notes:

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Last modified: 9 May 2013