AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Pentium 2020M

AMD A6-9550
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
AMD A6-9550
Intel Pentium 2020M
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Pentium 2020M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    125%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    114%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    100%
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    163%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

14% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium 2020M

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 63% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Pentium 2020M

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium 2020M

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
FMA3
FMA4
F16C
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core
SSSE3
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Intel VT-x
Smart Cache.

Architecture

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateJul 2017vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD

Cache

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-PGA12F
Die Size246mm²vs118mm²
Process28 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium 2020M
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2400 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    2760 points
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    2472 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    4562 points
  • Intel Pentium 2020M
    4944 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
    84.76
  • Intel Pentium 2020M (simulated)
    74.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
    159.5
  • Intel Pentium 2020M (simulated)
    260.8

points - higher is better