AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1234 points

7% slightly better overall score

1153 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2272 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

860 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

826 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.71 points

24.25 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1084 points

1558 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

485 points

813 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1190 points

1572 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

529 points

825 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

891st of 1,089

909th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A12-9720P vs Core i5-5300U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A12-9720P is faster than the Core i5-5300U. Despite this, the Core i5-5300U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A12-9720P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-5300U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A12-9720P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.