A4-5100 vs A6-9225

General info

Comparing A6-9225 and A4-5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2423	2416
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 June 2018 (5 years old)	2 November 2013 (10 years old)
Current price	$451	$105

Technical specs

A6-9225 and A4-5100 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.55 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-9225 and A4-5100 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	BGA	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9225 and A4-5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Single-Channel DDR4-2133 RAM, Virtualization	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	FMA4
AVX	no data	+
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	-
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9225 and A4-5100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	1
IOMMU 2.0	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9225 and A4-5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)	AMD Radeon HD 8330
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9225 and A4-5100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9225 and A4-5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9225 and A4-5100.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-5100 outperforms A6-9225 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.87	0.88
Integrated graphics card	1.17	0.67
Recency	1 June 2018	2 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4

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