A6-8500P vs A9-9425

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2287	2793
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	4.41	2.32
Designer	AMD	AMD
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	31 May 2016 (9 years ago)	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9425 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	3.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	124.5 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 A9-9425 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 A9-9425 and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	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 A9-9425 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 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 Compare R5 Graphics and R5 (Stoney Ridge)	AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A9-9425 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A9-9425 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9425 and A6-8500P.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.56	0.82
Recency	31 May 2016	3 June 2015

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