AMD A8-5557M vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Last updated: 2024-01-22

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-5557M		Intel Core i5-9400F
CPU comparison AMD A8-5557M or Intel Core i5-9400F - 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 A8-5557M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5557M was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Core i5-9400F has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9400F was released in Q1/2019.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD A8-5000M (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
3	Generation	9
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i5-10400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-5557M has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5557M is 2.10 GHz (3.10 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-9400F has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-9400F is at 2.90 GHz (4.10 GHz).
AMD A8-5557M	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9400F
4	Cores	6
4	Threads	6
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.10 GHz	Frequency	2.90 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.10 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.90 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-5557M	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9400F
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A8-5557M or Intel Core i5-9400F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon HD 8550G	GPU	no iGPU
0.52 GHz	GPU frequency	--
0.72 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
5	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
4	Compute units	--
256	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11	DirectX Version	--

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 HD 8550G	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-5557M can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-9400F supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
AMD A8-5557M	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9400F
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	9.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-5557M is 35 W, while the Intel Core i5-9400F has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A8-5557M	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9400F
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A8-5557M is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-9400F is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 9.00 MB cache.
AMD A8-5557M	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-9400F
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP2	Socket	LGA 1151-2
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q1/2019
--	Release price	157 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5557M (41%)

Intel Core i5-9400F (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5557M (28%)

Intel Core i5-9400F (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	442 (41%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1085 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1201 (25%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	4722 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2892 (31%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	9463 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1005 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	5341 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1346 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	5164 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	423 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	2407 (100%)

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 A8-5557M AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz	369 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	74 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	367.5 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	459 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz	2550 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	177 (100%)

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 A8-5557M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	987 (100%)

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