Pentium G620 vs A6-9500

Place in performance ranking	2235	2523
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.62	7.43
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)	22 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$60
Current price	$56 (0.9x MSRP)	$73 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium G620 has 184% better value for money than A6-9500.

Detailed specifications

A6-9500 and Pentium G620 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-9500 and Pentium G620 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	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9500 and Pentium G620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A6-9500 and Pentium G620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9500 and Pentium G620 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9500 and Pentium G620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	17 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9500 and Pentium G620 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9500 and Pentium G620 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9500 and Pentium G620.

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.

A6-9500 1.21
+55.1%

Pentium G620 0.78

A6-9500 outperforms Pentium G620 by 55% 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%

A6-9500 1879
+55.2%

Pentium G620 1211

A6-9500 outperforms Pentium G620 by 55% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-9500 654
+69.4%

Pentium G620 386

A6-9500 outperforms Pentium G620 by 69% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-9500 960
+43.5%

Pentium G620 669

A6-9500 outperforms Pentium G620 by 43% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.