Athlon X4 970 vs A6-9400

Place in performance ranking	1897	1919
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	16 March 2019 (5 years old)	27 July 2017 (6 years old)
Current price	no data	$59

Technical specs

A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970 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	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	160K	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970 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	1
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4-2400

DDR4 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon R5

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9400 and Athlon X4 970.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
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 1.77
+2.3%

Athlon X4 970 1.73

A6-9400 outperforms Athlon X4 970 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-9400 2717
+2.8%

Athlon X4 970 2644

A6-9400 outperforms Athlon X4 970 by 3% in Passmark.