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AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Core M-5Y51

AMD

AMD Athlon II X2 270

AMD Socket AM3 3400 MHz 2 cores Jul 2011 DESKTOP
AMD Athlon II X2 270
Intel

Intel Core M-5Y51

1100 MHz 2 cores Oct 2014 MOBILE
Intel Core M-5Y51

Summary

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270

  • Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider the Intel Core M-5Y51

  • 60 watts lower power draw.
  • This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
  • Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon II X2 270.
  • Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Intel Core M-5Y51
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the Intel Core M-5Y51

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Athlon II X2 270
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the AMD Athlon II X2 270

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
ArchitectureAMD K10Intel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopMobile
Memory SupportDDR2, DDR3DDR4
CodenameRegorBroadwell-Y
Release DateJul 2011Oct 2014

Cores

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
Cores22
Threads24
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsNoIntel HD 5300

Cache

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
L1 Cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
SocketAMD Socket AM3
Max Case Tempunknownunknown
PackageuPGA
Die Size117mm²50mm²
Process45 nm14 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon II X2 270Intel Core M-5Y51
Cpu Frequency3400 MHz1100 MHz
Turbo Clocknone2600 MHz
Base Clock200 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.15 Vunknown
TDP65 W5 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2702142 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y512912 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X2 2704284 points
  • Intel Core M-5Y512956 points

Points - higher is better

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