AMD A6-9550: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started A6-9550 sales 27 July 2017. Based on a Bristol Ridge architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4000 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.

We have no data on A6-9550 benchmark results.

General info

A6-9550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years old)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3.8 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,178 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierYes

Compatibility

Information on A6-9550 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A6-9550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A6-9550's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelof 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A6-9550.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A6-9550. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


We have no data on A6-9550 benchmark results.


Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for A6-9550, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for A6-9550 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 21 configurations based on A6-9550 in our database.

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