AMD A4-9120C vs Intel Core i5-1235U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  6 12
• CPU group
  AMD A4-9000 Intel Core i 1200P/1200U

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 1.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  3 80
• Shader
  192 640
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Generation
  7 13
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-9120C and Intel Core i5-1235U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 55 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-9120C and AMD A4-9120C, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  -- 6.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Alder Lake U
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2022