i5-560UM vs A4-4300M

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Aggregate performance score

A4-4300M
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.63
Core i5-560UM
2010
2 cores / 4 threads, 18 Watt
0.64
+1.6%

Core i5-560UM outperforms A4-4300M by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27822773
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i5
Power efficiency1.703.36
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$250

Detailed specifications

A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.33 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data10
L1 cache96 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors1,303 million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1r2BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7420G (480 - 655 MHz)Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-4300M 0.63
i5-560UM 0.64
+1.6%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-4300M 1005
i5-560UM 1015
+1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-4300M 296
+19.4%
i5-560UM 248

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-4300M 392
i5-560UM 477
+21.7%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A4-4300M 1684
i5-560UM 1976
+17.3%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A4-4300M 50.4
+21%
i5-560UM 61

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A4-4300M 1
i5-560UM 1
+42.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.63 0.64
Integrated graphics card 0.80 0.77
Recency 15 May 2012 26 September 2010
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

A4-4300M has 3.9% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

i5-560UM, on the other hand, has a 1.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A4-4300M and Core i5-560UM.


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