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    AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Pentium G6960

    AMD A6-9550
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
    AMD A6-9550
    Intel Pentium G6960
    Intel Socket 1156DESKTOP
    2933 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2011
    Intel Pentium G6960

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G6960

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    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
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Smart Cache

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Westmere
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsClarkdale
    Release DateJul 2017vsJan 2011

    Cores

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD

    Cache

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1156
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size246mm²vs81mm²
    Process28 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium G6960
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2933 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvs1.4 V
    TDP65 Wvs73 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      2760 points
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      2346 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      4562 points
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      4692 points

    Points - higher is better

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