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AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Core i5-1230U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD RX-421BD
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)
820
Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
1,115

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At a glance

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
FamilyAMD R (6)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupAMD RX 1st Gen. (6)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureMerlin Falcon (Excavator)Alder Lake U
Technology28 nm10 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketFP4BGA 1744
Predecessor
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 410 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x
2.10 - 3.40 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.00 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
0.70 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB6.50 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
GPU nameAMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.80 GHz0.25 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 51280 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays34
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology2810 nm
Release date2015Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 124.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
TDP35 W9 W
TDP (PL2)29 W
TDP up
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.90 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i5-1230U
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2015Q1/2022
Release price
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AMD RX-421BD
AMD RX-421BD
4C / 4T · 2.10 - 3.40 GHz
Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Core i5-1230U
10C / 12T · 1.00 - 4.40 GHz

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