AMD A9-9420e vs E2-3800

General info

Comparing E2-3800 and A9-9420e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2377	2376
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 November 2013 (9 years old)	1 June 2018 (5 years old)
Current price	$107	$380

Technical specs

E2-3800 and A9-9420e 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	107 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E2-3800 and A9-9420e 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	FT3	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3800 and A9-9420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1600	Single-Channel DDR4-2133?, Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3800 and A9-9420e are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3800 and A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR4
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8280	-
Number of pipelines	128	-
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	1	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E2-3800 and A9-9420e integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E2-3800 and A9-9420e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	-
Vulkan	1	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-3800 and A9-9420e.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	2 November 2013	1 June 2018
Boost clock speed	1300	0

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