Intel Core i7-5950HQ vs AMD A10-7400P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD A
• Generation
  5 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000H AMD A10-7000

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
  2.90 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.80 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.50 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.58 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 0.65 GHz
• Execution units
  48 6
• Shader
  384 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 6
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2015

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 / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-7400P and Intel Core i7-5950HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5950HQ and AMD A10-7400P to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  47 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5950HQ and Intel Core i7-5950HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell H Kaveri (Steamroller)
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1364 FM2+
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2014