i5-9500 vs Pro A12-8800B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A12-8800B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.69

Core i5-9500 outperforms Pro A12-8800B by a whopping 279% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20741069
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.54
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Core i5
Power efficiency4.408.99
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$192

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache2048 KB1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 630
iGPU core count8no data
Number of pipelines512no data
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500.

PCIe version3.03.0
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.

Pro A12-8800B 1.69
i5-9500 6.41
+279%

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.

Pro A12-8800B 2580
i5-9500 9812
+280%

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.

Pro A12-8800B 526
i5-9500 1467
+179%

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.

Pro A12-8800B 1141
i5-9500 4946
+333%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 6.41
Recency 3 June 2015 23 April 2019
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 6
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 65 Watt

Pro A12-8800B has 441.7% lower power consumption.

i5-9500, on the other hand, has a 279.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-9500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A12-8800B in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A12-8800B is a notebook processor while Core i5-9500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A12-8800B and Core i5-9500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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