A12-9720P / RX 540 vs i5-7200U / GeForce 940MX

[Dreamslayer]

I am going to buy a new notebook and I am unsure which CPU/GPU combo is best between A12-9720P / RX 540 and i5-7200U / GeForce 940MX. I am going to use the notebook for gaming, general internet browsing, watching videos, and some photo editing (sometimes video editing too, but nothing too serious). Thanks for the help! In case you were wondering, the AMD one is an Acer Aspire A515-41G-19BF and the Intel one is an Acer E5-575G-50BV.

 

[Colethelion321]

i would go with the A12 / RX 540

 

[YoAndy]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

A12 Single Thread Rating 1327 i5 Single thread rating 1738

CPU Mark A12 scores 3770 The i5 Scores 4668

 

[Colethelion321]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

 

[YoAndy]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

the gaming performance of the RX 540 should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

 

[Colethelion321]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

the gaming performance of the RX 540 should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

My opinion is that the RX 540 combo with a11 will be better than i5 and 940MX. i know that the i5 is more powerful, but i think that the graphics card will make up the difference and be better in the end.

 

[YoAndy]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

the gaming performance of the RX 540 should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

My opinion is that the RX 540 combo with a11 will be better than i5 and 940MX. i know that the i5 is more powerful, but i think that the graphics card will make up the difference and be better in the end.

Here https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=3803&cmp%5B%5D=3453

The i5 gives you more CPU power than the A12 and the RX 540 gives you more power than the GeForce 940MX, at the end gaming will be pretty simmilar, while desktop applications will be better on the i5

 

[Dreamslayer]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

A12 Single Thread Rating 1327 i5 Single thread rating 1738

CPU Mark A12 scores 3770 The i5 Scores 4668

It's the A12-9720, not A12-9700. Single thread is 1447 and final score is 4100. Also you're not taking in account the GPU.

 

[YoAndy]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

A12 Single Thread Rating 1327 i5 Single thread rating 1738

CPU Mark A12 scores 3770 The i5 Scores 4668

It's the A12-9720, not A12-9700. Single thread is 1447 and final score is 4100. Also you're not taking in account the GPU.

A12 9720Phttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

i5 4,688
A12 3,770

Radeon 540 1,691
GeForce 940MX 1,262

 

[Colethelion321]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

the gaming performance of the RX 540 should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

My opinion is that the RX 540 combo with a11 will be better than i5 and 940MX. i know that the i5 is more powerful, but i think that the graphics card will make up the difference and be better in the end.

Here https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=3803&cmp%5B%5D=3453

The i5 gives you more CPU power than the A12 and the RX 540 gives you more power than the GeForce 940MX, at the end gaming will be pretty simmilar, while desktop applications will be better on the i5

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

A12 Single Thread Rating 1327 i5 Single thread rating 1738

CPU Mark A12 scores 3770 The i5 Scores 4668

It's the A12-9720, not A12-9700. Single thread is 1447 and final score is 4100. Also you're not taking in account the GPU.

A12 9720Phttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

more cores for video editing though right?

 

[YoAndy]

i5 4,688 2 cores 4 threads (2 threads per logical or 2 logical cores per physical) 4 core logical.. ----GeForce 940MX 1,262

A12 3,770 4 cores -- Radeon 540 1,691

 

[YoAndy]

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

i can't find the RX 540 on that site...

the gaming performance of the RX 540 should be between the GeForce GTX 950M and GTX 960M.

My opinion is that the RX 540 combo with a11 will be better than i5 and 940MX. i know that the i5 is more powerful, but i think that the graphics card will make up the difference and be better in the end.

Here https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=3803&cmp%5B%5D=3453

The i5 gives you more CPU power than the A12 and the RX 540 gives you more power than the GeForce 940MX, at the end gaming will be pretty simmilar, while desktop applications will be better on the i5

I rather have the core i5 instead of the A12, I know that the i5-7200U is better than the AMD A12-9700P in general

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

A12 Single Thread Rating 1327 i5 Single thread rating 1738

CPU Mark A12 scores 3770 The i5 Scores 4668

It's the A12-9720, not A12-9700. Single thread is 1447 and final score is 4100. Also you're not taking in account the GPU.

A12 9720Phttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2848&cmp%5B%5D=2865

more cores for video editing though right?

i5 4,688 2 physical cores and 2 threads per core 4 threads total.(2 threads per logical or 2 logical cores per physical) 4 core logical.. ----GeForce 940MX 1,262

A12 3,770 4 cores -- Radeon 540 1,691

 

[Dreamslayer]

On CPU benchmarks you picked the 9700 again, this is the right one: =3043&cmp[]=2865]https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=3043&cmp[]=2865
Score is 4100 and rate is 1447. And aren't intel CPUs gonna be crippled by a performance-degrading fix for that security fault exclusive to them? I read about it somewhere, I think.

 

[YoAndy]

On CPU benchmarks you picked the 9700 again, this is the right one: =3043&cmp[]=2865]https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=3043&cmp[]=2865
Score is 4100 and rate is 1447. And aren't intel CPUs gonna be crippled by a performance-degrading fix for that security fault exclusive to them? I read about it somewhere, I think.

Probably a mistake the A12 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A12-9720P&id=3043

The i5 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-7200U+%40+2.50GHz&id=2865

A12-9720P
The performance of the A12-9720P should be slightly faster than the A12-9700P (slower clocks). Compared to Intel CPUs, the CPU is most comparable to Skylake Core i3 CPUs. Our first test sample however performt a bit worse than an average A12-9700P and on par with a i3-5010U (multi-core) and i3-4010U (single-core). Due to the TDP limitation, the performance of the A12-9720P will drop significantly under sustained workloads.
This means there is sufficient performance for typical office and web applications as well as light multitasking.

The integrated Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) GPU has 512 active shader units (8 compute cores) clocked at up to 758 MHz. Thanks to the better utilization of the clock range as well as faster DDR4-RAm, the GPU can slightly beat its predecessors Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and competes with a dedicated GeForce 920MX in the best-case scenario (dual-channel memory, low CPU requirements). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A12-9720P-SoC-Benchmarks-and-Specs.234448.0.html

Intel Core i5-7200U

Intel i5-7200U
The Intel Core i5-7200U is a dual-core processor of the Kaby Lake architecture. It offers two CPU cores clocked at 2.5 - 3.1 GHz and integrates HyperThreading to work with up to 4 threads at once(4 logical cores). The architectural differences are rather small compared to the Skylake generation, therefore the performance per MHz is very similar. The SoC includes a dual channel DDR4 memory controller and Intel HD Graphics 620 graphics card (clocked at 300 - 1000 MHz). It is manufactured in an improved 14nm FinFET process at Intel. Compared to the old Skylake based Core i5-6200U, the i5-7200U offers a 300 MHz higher clock speed. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-7200U-Notebook-Processor.172250.0.html