Intel Core i5 M 430 vs AMD A9-9425

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops 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

737 points
5% slightly better overall score
698 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1440 points
1534 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

552 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
500 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

531 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
484 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.27 GHz
3.1 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
1 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,022nd of 1,089
1,030th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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A9-Series APU for Laptops

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Core i5 M 430 vs A9-9425 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5 M 430 is faster than the A9-9425. Despite this, the A9-9425 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5 M 430 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A9-9425 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5 M 430. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the A9-9425 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430

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. Indeed, the Core i5 M 430 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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