AMD A10-9600P vs Intel Core i5-4200H. 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 4
• CPU group
  AMD A10-9600 Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

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
  2.40 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.60 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  No --
• B core
  No --
• C core
  No --

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 - 384 Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.75 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  5 20
• Shader
  384 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7.5
• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2013

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4200H and AMD A10-9600P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-9600P and Intel Core i5-4200H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 47 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-9600P and AMD A10-9600P, 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
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator Haswell H
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1364
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2013