Intel Core i5-9500T vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-9500T and AMD PRO A12-9800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9500T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 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 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2168 vs 1686
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8198 vs 3705
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2023 vs 1176
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2023 vs 1176
  • 9.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4627 vs 477
  • 9.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4627 vs 477
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7946 vs 1715
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7946 vs 1715
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2168 vs 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 8198 vs 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2023 vs 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2023 vs 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4627 vs 477
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4627 vs 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7946 vs 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7946 vs 1715

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-9500T
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2168
1686
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8198
3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
2023
1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
2023
1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
4627
477
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
4627
477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
CPU 1
CPU 2
7946
1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
CPU 1
CPU 2
7946
1715
Name Intel Core i5-9500T AMD PRO A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2168 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 8198 3705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2023 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2023 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4627 477
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4627 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7946 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7946 1715
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 279.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 131.8

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-9500T AMD PRO A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Family Core i5 AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 23 April 2019 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $192
Place in performance rating 365 991
Processor Number i5-9500T
Series i5-9000 AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN Tray AD980BAUM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 3.8 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 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 8

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

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E92
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 25 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 1.60 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

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® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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
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