AMD A9-9420 SoC vs Intel Core i5-540M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FT4 Intel Socket G1
Process size 28 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,200 million 382 million
Die size 124 mm² 81 mm²
Package BGA rPGA
tCaseMax 74°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz up to 3.073 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 15 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Mobile
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date May 31st, 2016 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Stoney Ridge Arrandale
Generation A9 Core i5
Part AM9420AYN23AC unknown
Memory support DDR4 DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R5

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TBM Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XOP Yes

Notes

Notes 177M GPU Transistors

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