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    AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Pentium B980

    AMD A6-9550
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
    AMD A6-9550
    Intel Pentium B980
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
    Intel Pentium B980

    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 B980

    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B980
    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 B980
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsSandy Bridge
    Release DateJul 2017vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B980
    Cores2vs2
    Threads2vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

    Cache

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B980
    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 B980
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsrPGA
    Die Size246mm²vs131mm²
    Process28 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A6-9550Intel Pentium B980
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs2400 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 B980
      2400 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A6-9550
      4562 points
    • Intel Pentium B980
      4800 points

    Points - higher is better

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