Intel Core i5-10600K vs AMD A4-9120C. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 AMD A4-9000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  10 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-9600K -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-11600K -

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

• Base Frequency
  4.1 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  12 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2 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 12
• Execution units
  24 3
• Generation
  9.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 600 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2016
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-9120C and Intel Core i5-10600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-1866
• PCIe lanes
  16 8
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10600K and AMD A4-9120C 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
  100 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 6 W
• TDP (PL2)
  182 W / 56 s -
• TDP down
  95 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10600K and AMD A4-9120C, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• 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
  12 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1200 FP4
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V