AMD A4-5100 vs Intel Core i5-4200Y. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A4-5000 Intel Core i 4000Y
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 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
  1.55 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 1.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 1.9 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
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  2 20
• Generation
  5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8330 Intel HD Graphics 4200
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 850 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  128 160
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4200Y and AMD A4-5100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-5100 and Intel Core i5-4200Y 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 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-5100 and Intel Core i5-4200Y, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Haswell Y
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q3/2013
• Socket
  - BGA 1168
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d