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.

 

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: 2569 vs 1784
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9930 vs 3888
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 2569 vs 1784
PassMark - CPU mark 9930 vs 3888

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
2569
1784
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9930
3888
Name Intel Core i5-9500F AMD PRO A12-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 2569 1784
PassMark - CPU mark 9930 3888
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 1433 1444
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