AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i5-2400S

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-2400S

Price

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$ 13.10

$ 56.90 significantly less expensive

$ 70.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

1557 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

2888 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

1185 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

1138 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

25.19 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

1415 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

515 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1360 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

504 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

834th of 1,099

806th of 1,099

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-9600 vs Core i5-2400S comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2400S performs better than the A8-9600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400S. Also, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.