AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core i5-4590. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9800 Intel Core i 4000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  7 4
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  No -
• B-Core
  No -
• Base Frequency
  3.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Execution units
  8 20
• Generation
  6 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  1110 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2013
• Shader
  512 160
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4590 and AMD A12-9800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3-1600
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9800 and Intel Core i5-4590 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 84 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9800 and Intel Core i5-4590, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Haswell S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2014
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1150
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d