Amd A10 5757M vs Intel core i5 4200u

The i5 is a lot better in processing, and the A10 is a lot better in gaming. Pretty much backing up what you've already experienced.

It just depends on what you really want the laptop to do. Is gaming important? Then you should stick with the A10 for sure. Are you willing to give up a second or two in processing tasks to game better, or would you rather sacrifice some fps to have the faster cpu?

Yes adding an ssd will speed up your system dramatically. A ssd will speed up boot times, any opening, closing, saving, loading, scanning, searching, or installing of programs/games, recover from sleep/hibernation instantly, improve battery life tremendously, and keep your laptop a lot cooler.
There is little performance difference between 64GB and 128GB drives initially, but a 128GB ssd with 50GB on it will perform better than a 64GB ssd with 50GB on it. All ssds start to lose a little performance once they get more than 80% full so a 120-128Gb will be better.

i'd keep the a10 Laptop since its cheaper, faster in gaming and nearly on par in everyday tasks.
The loading up speed difference can also be caused by a better HDD in the i5 system, without a ssd the Hdd is mostly the bottleneck, not the cpu.

"APU" is just a term that AMD came up with for a processor with both a CPU core and graphics core. AMD did that to distinguished these type of processor from the FX series CPUs which has no graphics core. If you apply AMD's definition of an "APU" to Intel's CPUs, then Intel's CPUs can also be called "APUs".

Intle CPU cores are more powerful than AMD's APU CPU cores. Not sure exactly how much AMD improved the actual CPU processing performance in Kaveri APUs, but at the same clockspeed when compared to Richland generation APUs, the Intel CPU core would be about 30% more powerful (maybe slightly more). Of course the Core i5-4200u only has 2 cores while AMD's A10-5757m has 4 cores. So games that only use 2 core, the Intel Core i5 will perform better than the AMD A10 assuming both uses the games graphics card. In games that can use up to 4 cores, then it is likely that the AMD A10 will perform better in many, but not all of those games assuming the same GPU is used. That last statement is based on actual desktop PC games which focused on performance benchmarks with a high end graphics card like the GTX 680 and various CPUs from Intel and AMD.

However, since we are looking at laptops with integrated graphics, you want to focus on the graphics core for gaming performance. There is no doubt that the Radeon HD 8650g performs better than the Intel HD 4400 graphics core. It even performs better than the Intel HD 4600 graphic core. So from a gaming perspective, you want to go with the laptop with the more powerful graphics core. There are some video benchmark reviews on Youtube which has demonstrated that laptops with a more powerful graphics core / chip and a weaker CPU (or APU) performs better in games than a laptop with a more powerful CPU and a weaker graphics core / chip. I will point out that there are only two integrated Radeon graphic cores more powerful than the Intel HD 4600 and they are the Radeon HD 8610g and the HD 8650g.

Since the i5-4200u is mainly used in ultrabooks, the laptop with the core i5 is lighter than the laptop with the A10-5757m. The i5 laptop should also have longer battery life since it uses less power than the AMD APU.


Installing a SSD will make boot up / shutdown times faster and also launch / close programs faster. It makes the laptop feel more responsive, but it does not improve CPU or graphics performance.

In the end if you want something that is light, then go with the i5-4200u ultrabook. If you want better gaming performance, then go with the A10 laptop. In the end you have two different devices that serves different purposes. The A10-5757 is one of AMD's highest end APU vs. the i5-4200u which provides good CPU performance and decent graphics performance for a lightweight ultrabook.

Hello, the A10 is an equivalent to a high end Core i5. The AMD processor is actually an APU, this combines a CPU and GPU on one chip. Most of todays programs benefit from GPU acceleration, which means if you have a GPU in your machine, the program will offset the complex parallel workloads to the GPU, thus excellerating the performance of the program. Intel Core i5 only have an integration graphic model, something that isn't comparable to the AMD Radeon card - its about 2 years behind in technology. The core i5 can't offer GPU acceleration unless you add an addition GPU, which is an increased cost and unit to power. Therefore out of the box, you will benefit from better performance from many applications with the AMD. One thing to note is, because the AMD units doesn't use the CPU as much as Intel, to save power, they clock down the CPU. Thats why sometimes the point click info is a little slower sometimes, but it never really effects day to day computing. Furthermore, you should notice better battery life with the AMD. I would compare the battery... I bet the Intel has a larger battery to give you the same power. If you do a lot of web browsing, light gaming, you tube, Facebook, DVD's then the AMD unit will give you the best experience, and i bet its cheaper too!!

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lol you sound like an AMD rep


"APU" is just a term that AMD made up and is no different from any Intel cpu with integrated graphics.

In processing power, the i5 is considerably faster despite giving up almost 1.0ghz in clock speed. Intel's far superior single thread performance makes up for the lack of cores when compared to the A10. Dual core with hyperthreading vs quad core without hyperthreading.

In gaming power, the A10 is FAR more powerful than the i5. You should be able to play most games with reasonable fps using only the A10. The i5 by itself is not powerful enough to play most games at a playable frame rate. You need a discrete video card with it.

In battery life, the i5 is almost 60% more energy efficient than the A10. It's not even close. Battery life will be much much better with the i5. I find it hard to believe that anyone would even try to argue that.

since the i5 is a 4200u it will only be about 5 to 7% more powerful in CPU intensive task ( barely noticeable in daily task only in a benchmark ) !
the u after the number denotes that the CPU is under clocked and under volted to save power and create less heat but since the CPU is both under volted and clocked also the graphic will be under volted and under clock and it is not so good to start with so go with the APU which will be better in everyday general use and if you add an SSD please go with the 128 GB model or bigger as they will much smoother and faster than the 64 gb or less models ( the memory controller on most 64 GB or less SSD only use 1 or 2 channels as with 120 gb and bigger ssd use a 4 channel or better controllers ! And SSD's are cheap these days a 120 or 128 GB should run less than 100 bucks !