AMD A9-9420 vs Intel Core i5-2550k. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A9-9000 Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

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 -
• Execution units
  3 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  850 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  28 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2550k and AMD A9-9420. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  8 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A9-9420 and Intel Core i5-2550k 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 95 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A9-9420 and Intel Core i5-2550k, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Sandy Bridge S
• 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, AVX
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q1/2012
• Socket
  FP4 LGA 1155
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT