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    AMD A6-9550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 280

    AMD A6-9550
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
    AMD A6-9550
    AMD Athlon II X2 280
    AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Feb 2013
    AMD Athlon II X2 280

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon II X2 280.
    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon II X2 280

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    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
    NX bit
    AMD Virtualization

    Architecture

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD K10
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR2, DDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsRegor
    Release DateJul 2017vsFeb 2013

    Cores

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsNo

    Cache

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB
    L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size246mm²vs117mm²
    Process28 nmvs45 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvs1.15 V
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      2760 points
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      2268 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      4562 points
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      4536 points

    Points - higher is better

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