Core i5-4200U vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregated performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
1.42
Core i5-4200U
2013
2 cores / 4 threads
1.42

General info

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20792081
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date3 June 2015 (8 years ago)4 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price$500 $413

Technical specs

Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U 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
SocketFP4FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U. 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-NI1+
FMAFMA4no data
AVXAVX+
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID+no data
HSA+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4400
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3280x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3200x2000@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1211.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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 A8-8600B 1.42
i5-4200U 1.42

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%

Pro A8-8600B 2190
+0.1%
i5-4200U 2188

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%

Pro A8-8600B 458
i5-4200U 724
+58.1%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 58% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 1052
i5-4200U 1392
+32.3%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 32% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 2111
i5-4200U 3725
+76.5%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 76% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 5885
i5-4200U 7636
+29.8%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 30% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 18.78
+21%
i5-4200U 22.73

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 21% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 2
i5-4200U 2
+13.8%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 14% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 181
i5-4200U 229
+26.5%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 27% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 69
i5-4200U 99
+43.5%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 43% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 0.81
i5-4200U 1.12
+38.3%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 38% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 1.3
i5-4200U 1.4
+7.7%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 8% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 1330
i5-4200U 2255
+69.5%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 70% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

Pro A8-8600B 68
i5-4200U 78
+14.8%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 15% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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%

Pro A8-8600B 14
i5-4200U 15
+7.7%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 8% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pro A8-8600B 1858
i5-4200U 2305
+24.1%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 24% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pro A8-8600B 4173
i5-4200U 4479
+7.3%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 7% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pro A8-8600B 4720
i5-4200U 5535
+17.3%

Core i5-4200U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 17% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Integrated graphics card 1.35
Recency 3 June 2015 4 June 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pro A8-8600B and Core i5-4200U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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