Intel Core i5-10400F vs AMD PRO A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD PRO A12-9800E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Core i5-10400F

AMD PRO A12-9800E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-10400F

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2548 vs 1518
3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12205 vs 3171

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2548 vs 1518
PassMark - CPU mark	12205 vs 3171

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800E

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-10400F
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2548

1518

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12205

3171

Name	Intel Core i5-10400F	AMD PRO A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark	2548	1518
PassMark - CPU mark	12205	3171
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	4768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		242.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i5-10400F	AMD PRO A12-9800E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Comet Lake
Launch date	Q2'20	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$155 - $157
Place in performance rating	1054	1056
Processor Number	i5-10400F
Series	10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD980BAHM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L3 cache	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.30 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	12
L2 cache		2 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1200	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan