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Intel Core i5-2500 vs AMD A9-9420
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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
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
AMD A9-9420
67 %
2C / 2T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
AMD A9-9420
33 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-2500
32 %
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD A9-9420
100 %
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2500
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
AMD A9-9420
25 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | AMD A (112) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 2000 (28) | AMD A9-9000 (4) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge S | Stoney Ridge (Excavator) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | FP4 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 2000 | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) |
| GPU frequency | 0.85 - 1.10 GHz | 0.85 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 3 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q2/2016 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | DDR4-2133 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
|
Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD A9-9420 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q2/2017 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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