AMD A9-9420e vs Intel Core i5-5300U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A9-9000 Intel Core i 5000U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 5
• 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
  1.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.4 GHz 2.7 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 11.2
• Execution units
  3 24
• Generation
  7 8
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) Intel HD Graphics 5500
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2015
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  28 nm 14 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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-5300U and AMD A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  8 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A9-9420e and Intel Core i5-5300U 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)
  6 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A9-9420e and Intel Core i5-5300U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Broadwell U
• 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, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q1/2015
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1168
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d