AMD A6-9500E vs AMD A6-6400K

AMD A6-9500E
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2016
AMD A6-9500E
AMD A6-6400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A6-6400K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-9500E
    100%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    120%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9500E
    100%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    122%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9500E
    100%
  • AMD A6-6400K
    118%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-9500E

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

Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
18% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 20% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A6-6400K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A6-6400K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsRichland
Release DateSep 2016vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsRadeon HD 8470D

Cache

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9500EAMD A6-6400K
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9500E
    2346 points
  • AMD A6-6400K
    2501 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9500E
    3601 points
  • AMD A6-6400K
    3901 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
    72.05
  • AMD A6-6400K
    88

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
    125.92
  • AMD A6-6400K
    149

points - higher is better