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    AMD A6-9500 vs Intel Core i5-2400

    AMD A6-9500
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2016
    AMD A6-9500
    Intel Core i5-2400
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    Intel Core i5-2400

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-9500
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      219%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      139%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      300%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9500

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-2400

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 39% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 200% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 119% higher average synthetic performance.
    Intel Core i5-2400

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i5-2400

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-2400

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsSandy Bridge
    Release DateSep 2016vsJan 2011

    Cores

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    Cores2vs4
    Threads2vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD 2000

    Cache

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9500Intel Core i5-2400
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500
      2622 points
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      3400 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500
      4202 points
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      12400 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500 (simulated)
      80.52
    • Intel Core i5-2400 (simulated)
      112.11

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500 (simulated)
      146.91
    • Intel Core i5-2400 (simulated)
      441.52

    points - higher is better

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