Intel Core i7-5600U vs AMD A8-4500M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U AMD A8-4000M
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD A
• Generation
  5 2
• 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
  2.6 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.8 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
  11.2 11
• Execution units
  24 4
• Generation
  8 4
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 AMD Radeon HD 7640G
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz 690 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q2/2012
• Shader
  192 256
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-4500M and Intel Core i7-5600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5600U and AMD A8-4500M Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5600U and AMD A8-4500M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell U Trinity (Piledriver)
• 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
  4 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q2/2012
• Socket
  BGA 1168 FS1r2
• Technology
  14 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V