i7-8670 vs A9-9425

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Primary details

Comparing A9-9425 and Core i7-8670 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2026not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Core i7
Power efficiency10.88no data
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 January 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9425 and Core i7-8670 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache128K (per core)384 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size124.5 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C72 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A9-9425 and Core i7-8670 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT41151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and Core i7-8670. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRANDno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

A9-9425 and Core i7-8670 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and Core i7-8670 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and Core i7-8670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)Intel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9425 and Core i7-8670.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.48 3.09
Recency 31 May 2016 1 January 2018
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

A9-9425 has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i7-8670, on the other hand, has 108.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A9-9425 and Core i7-8670. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A9-9425 is a notebook processor while Core i7-8670 is a desktop one.


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