A6-8500P vs A9-9420

Place in the ranking	2523	2540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	5.93	5.74
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9420 and A6-8500P 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 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	125 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A9-9420 and A6-8500P 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	FT4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420 and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	FMA4
AVX	+	AVX
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9420 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420 and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	Not Listed
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Radeon R5	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A9-9420 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A9-9420 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9420 and A6-8500P.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
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.

A9-9420 0.94
+3.3%

A6-8500P 0.91

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.

A9-9420 1500
+3.8%

A6-8500P 1445