Intel Core i5-4250U vs AMD A10-7800

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-4250U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-7800
Intel Core i5-4250U AMD A10-7800

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-4250U or AMD A10-7800 - 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 Intel Core i5-4250U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4250U was released in Q3/2013.

The AMD A10-7800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-7800 was released in Q1/2014.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Core i 4000U (26) CPU group AMD A10-7000 (7)
4 Generation 4
Haswell U Architecture Kaveri (Steamroller)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-5250U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-4250U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4250U is 1.30 GHz (2.60 GHz) while the AMD A10-7800 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-7800 is at 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Intel Core i5-4250U Characteristic AMD A10-7800
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 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.

Intel Core i5-4250U Characteristic AMD A10-7800
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-4250U or AMD A10-7800 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.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri)
0.20 GHz GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
1.00 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation 6
22 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 2
40 Compute units 8
320 Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-4250U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD A10-7800 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Core i5-4250U Characteristic AMD A10-7800
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1866
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-4250U is 15 W, while the AMD A10-7800 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-4250U Characteristic AMD A10-7800
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-4250U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The AMD A10-7800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-4250U Characteristic AMD A10-7800
22 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 1168 Socket FM2+
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2013 Release date Q1/2014
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
545 (100%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
485 (89%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1185 (84%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1411 (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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.00 GHz
640 (91%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.72 GHz
702 (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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2170 (49%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
4442 (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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
99 (100%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
61 (62%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
230 (96%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
239 (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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
767 (100%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1455 (100%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
207 (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.
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A10-7800 AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
657 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-4250U AMD A10-7800
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