Intel Core i5-9500F vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-9500F and AMD PRO A12-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Core i5-9500F

AMD PRO A12-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9500F

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2571 vs 1782
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9923 vs 3869

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2571 vs 1782
PassMark - CPU mark	9923 vs 3869

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	2 MB vs 1.5 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-9500F
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2571

1782

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9923

3869

Name	Intel Core i5-9500F	AMD PRO A12-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	2571	1782
PassMark - CPU mark	9923	3869
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i5-9500F	AMD PRO A12-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Launch date	23 Apr 2019	Q3 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$192-202
Place in performance rating	1434	1451
Processor Number	i5-9500F
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD887BAUM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	9 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
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
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan