Core i5-9400F vs A4-4300M

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Aggregate performance score

A4-4300M
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.65
Core i5-9400F
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
6.12
+842%

i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by a whopping 842% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26591021
Place by popularitynot in top-10029
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)8 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$182
Current price$61 $127 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache96 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F 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
SocketFS1r2FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F. 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, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7420Gno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-4300M and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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 0.65
i5-9400F 6.12
+842%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 842% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A4-4300M 1000
i5-9400F 9470
+847%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 847% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A4-4300M 316
i5-9400F 1382
+337%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 337% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A4-4300M 405
i5-9400F 4834
+1094%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 1094% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A4-4300M 1997
i5-9400F 6490
+225%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 225% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A4-4300M 3144
i5-9400F 31523
+903%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 903% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A4-4300M 50.4
i5-9400F 6.76
+646%

A4-4300M outperforms Core i5-9400F by 646% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A4-4300M 1
i5-9400F 11
+984%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 984% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A4-4300M 93
i5-9400F 984
+958%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 958% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A4-4300M 60
i5-9400F 173
+188%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 188% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A4-4300M 0.68
i5-9400F 1.95
+187%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 187% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-4300M 0.6
i5-9400F 5.2
+713%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 713% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-4300M 1072
i5-9400F 5794
+440%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 440% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-4300M 7
i5-9400F 64
+804%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 804% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-4300M 36
i5-9400F 234
+550%

Core i5-9400F outperforms A4-4300M by 550% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 6.12
Recency 15 May 2012 8 January 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i5-9400F is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-4300M in performance tests.

Be aware that A4-4300M is a notebook processor while Core i5-9400F is a desktop one.


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