AMD A9-9420e vs Intel Core i5-5300U. 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
  4 5
• CPU group
  AMD A9-9000 Intel Core i 5000U

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
  1.80 GHz 2.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 2.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.40 GHz 2.70 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 R5 (Stoney Ridge) Intel HD Graphics 5500
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.90 GHz
• Execution units
  3 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  7 8
• DirectX Version
  12 11.2
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2015

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-5300U and AMD A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  8 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A9-9420e and Intel Core i5-5300U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A9-9420e and AMD A9-9420e, 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
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Broadwell U
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1168
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q1/2015