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    AMD A6-9500E vs Intel Celeron 2980U

    AMD A6-9500E
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2016
    AMD A6-9500E
    Intel Celeron 2980U
    Intel Socket G3MOBILE
    1600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
    Intel Celeron 2980U

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      100%
    • Intel Celeron 2980U
      115%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      128%
    • Intel Celeron 2980U
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A6-9500E
      100%
    • Intel Celeron 2980U
      153%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9500E

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Celeron 2980U

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 53% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    50 watts lower power draw.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    Intel Celeron 2980U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Celeron 2980U

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    EIST
    64-bit
    XD bit
    VT-x
    Smart Cache

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsHaswell
    Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2013

    Cores

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD

    Cache

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs2048 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket G3
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-BGA1168
    Die Sizeunknownvs118mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9500EIntel Celeron 2980U
    Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs1600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs15 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500E
      2346 points
    • Intel Celeron 2980U
      1792 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9500E
      3601 points
    • Intel Celeron 2980U
      3584 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
      72.05
    • Intel Celeron 2980U (simulated)
      56.22

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A6-9500E (simulated)
      125.92
    • Intel Celeron 2980U (simulated)
      192.92

    points - higher is better

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