AMD A9-9425 vs Intel Core i3-1215U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A9-9000 Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 12
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• A-Core
  - 2x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 1.8 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 12.1
• Execution units
  3 64
• Generation
  7 13
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2022
• Shader
  192 512
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1215U and AMD A9-9425. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe lanes
  8 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• PCIe
  - 4.0 x 28

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A9-9425 and Intel Core i3-1215U 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 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 55 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A9-9425 and Intel Core i3-1215U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Alder Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  - 4.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 10 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1744
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d