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AMD A9-9420 vs Intel Core i5-3550
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD A9-9420
63 %
2C / 2T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i5-3550
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD A9-9420
29 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-3550
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD A9-9420
100 %
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
Intel Core i5-3550
34 %
Intel HD Graphics 2500
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD A9-9420
23 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-3550
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
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1,113 entries
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1,110 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD A (112) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | AMD A9-9000 (4) | Intel Core i 3000 (31) |
| Architecture | Stoney Ridge (Excavator) | Ivy Bridge S |
| Technology | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP4 | LGA 1155 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 3.00 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | 3.70 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) | Intel HD Graphics 2500 |
| GPU frequency | 0.85 GHz | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 3 / 192 | 6 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2016 | Q2/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (17.1 GB/s) | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | 3.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 77 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD A9-9420 | Intel Core i5-3550 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| Release date | Q2/2017 | Q2/2012 |
| Release price | 213 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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