AMD A6-9500 vs AMD A8-9600

AMD A6-9500
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2016
AMD A6-9500
AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-9500
    100%
  • AMD A8-9600
    133%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9500
    111%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9500
    100%
  • AMD A8-9600
    177%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-9500

11% higher single threaded performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 77% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A8-9600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A8-9600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameBristol RidgevsBristol Ridge
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9500AMD A8-9600
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9500
    2622 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9500
    4202 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9500 (simulated)
    80.52
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9500 (simulated)
    146.91
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24

points - higher is better