AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD A12-9800

AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%
  • AMD A12-9800
    109%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%
  • AMD A12-9800
    110%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%
  • AMD A12-9800
    108%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

None

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

10% higher single threaded performance.
8% higher multi threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 950.
Around 9% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A12-9800

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A12-9800

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameBristol RidgevsBristol Ridge
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A12-9800
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    80.52
  • AMD A12-9800
    89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    293.82
  • AMD A12-9800
    319

points - higher is better