AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Pentium B960

AMD A6-9550
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
AMD A6-9550
Intel Pentium B960
Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
2200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2011
Intel Pentium B960

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium B960

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
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
SSSE3
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Intel 64
XD bit (an NX bit implementation)
Smart Cache.

Architecture

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsSandy Bridge
Release DateJul 2017vsOct 2011

Cores

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsrPGA
Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
Process28 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B960
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    2760 points
  • Intel Pentium B960
    2200 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    4562 points
  • Intel Pentium B960
    4400 points

Points - higher is better