AMD A4 PRO-7350B vs Intel Core i5-4430S

Comparative analysis of AMD A4 PRO-7350B and Intel Core i5-4430S processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A4 PRO-7350B

Intel Core i5-4430S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4 PRO-7350B

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.20 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4430S

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 71.35°C vs 70°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1770 vs 1438
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4344 vs 1544

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	71.35°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1770 vs 1438
PassMark - CPU mark	4344 vs 1544

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4 PRO-7350B
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4430S

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1438

1770

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1544

4344

Name	AMD A4 PRO-7350B	Intel Core i5-4430S
PassMark - Single thread mark	1438	1770
PassMark - CPU mark	1544	4344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	179.192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	24.503
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		737
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2339

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4 PRO-7350B	Intel Core i5-4430S
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD735BYBI23JA
Place in performance rating	1833	1850
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A4 APU for Desktops	4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$135
Price now		$158.99
Processor Number		i5-4430S
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.94
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.70 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	70°C	71.35°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	514 MHz	1.1 GHz
iGPU core count	192
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID		0x412
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL		4.3
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	35 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013C
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)