AMD Pro A6-8500B vs A9-9425

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Combined performance score

A9-9425
1.79
+72.1%

A9-9425 outperforms Pro A6-8500B by 72% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18812293
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Carrizo
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date31 May 2016 (7 years old)3 June 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$561 $44

Technical specs

A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1024 KB
Chip lithography28 nm28 nm
Die size124.5 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B 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 configuration1no data
SocketFT4FP4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSingle-Channel DDR4-2133 RAM, VirtualizationHSA 1.0
AES-NI+1
FMA+FMA4
AVX+AVX
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
RAIDno data+
HSAno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B are enumerated here.

AMD-V+1
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data4
Number of pipelinesno data256
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

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

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

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

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

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

PCIe versionno data3.0

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.

A9-9425 1.79
+72.1%
Pro A6-8500B 1.04

A9-9425 outperforms Pro A6-8500B by 72% in our combined 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%

A9-9425 1505
Pro A6-8500B 1601
+6.4%

Pro A6-8500B outperforms A9-9425 by 6% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.79 1.04
Integrated graphics card 1.33
Recency 31 May 2016 3 June 2015
Threads 2 4

The A9-9425 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A6-8500B in performance tests.


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