AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Pentium 3825U

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AMD A10-9700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3825U
AMD A10-9700 Intel Pentium 3825U

CPU comparison

AMD A10-9700 or Intel Pentium 3825U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-9700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-9700 was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U was released in Q1/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A10-9700 (1) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
7 Generation 4
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-9700 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz). The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.

AMD A10-9700 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD A10-9700 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
1.03 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
6 GPU Generation 8
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 12
384 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-9700 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD A10-9700 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
8 PCIe lanes 12
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-9700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Pentium 3825U is 15 W.

AMD A10-9700 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
45 W TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A10-9700 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium 3825U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD A10-9700 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2015
-- Release price 145 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9700 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (73%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9700 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (47%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
556 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
443 (80%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1745 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1001 (57%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
705 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
387 (55%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1744 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
781 (45%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.03 GHz
787 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
163 (21%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3660 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1340 (37%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
92 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (84%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
303 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (49%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
596 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1844 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
231 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
716 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD A10-9700 AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
762 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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