Intel Core i5-8350U vs AMD A9-9425. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U AMD A9-9000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  8 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.7 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.1 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
• Execution units
  24 3
• Generation
  9.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 620 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q2/2016
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A9-9425 and Intel Core i5-8350U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  12 8
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8350U and AMD A9-9425 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)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8350U and AMD A9-9425, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake U Refresh Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2017
• Socket
  BGA 1356 FP4
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V