A6-7310 vs A6-9400

Place in the ranking	2036	2045
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	2.49	6.43
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date	16 March 2019 (5 years ago)	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9400 and A6-7310 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	3.4 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	160K	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	2048 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3,100 million	930 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-9400 and A6-7310 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	12-25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9400 and A6-7310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9400 and A6-7310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9400 and A6-7310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3L-1866
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Radeon R5	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9400 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9400 and A6-7310 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9400 and A6-7310.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

A6-9400 1.74
+0.6%

A6-7310 1.73

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-9400 2717
+1%

A6-7310 2689