Intel Pentium G860 vs AMD A9-9425

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Combined performance score

A9-9425
1.79
+86.5%

A9-9425 outperforms Pentium G860 by 86% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A9-9425 and Pentium G860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18812357
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data2.12
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Pentium (Desktop)
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date31 May 2016 (7 years old)4 September 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75
Current price$561 $26 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

A9-9425 and Pentium G860 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size124.5 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A9-9425 and Pentium G860 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
SocketFT4FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and Pentium G860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSingle-Channel DDR4-2133 RAM, VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A9-9425 and Pentium G860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and Pentium G860 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and Pentium G860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A9-9425 and Pentium G860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9425 and Pentium G860.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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
+86.5%
Pentium G860 0.96

A9-9425 outperforms Pentium G860 by 86% 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
+2.4%
Pentium G860 1470

A9-9425 outperforms Pentium G860 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A9-9425 320
Pentium G860 440
+37.5%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 38% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A9-9425 482
Pentium G860 726
+50.6%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 51% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A9-9425 2686
Pentium G860 3964
+47.6%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 48% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A9-9425 4338
Pentium G860 7695
+77.4%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 77% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A9-9425 2314
Pentium G860 3065
+32.5%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 32% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A9-9425 25.83
Pentium G860 23.6
+9.4%

A9-9425 outperforms Pentium G860 by 9% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A9-9425 2
Pentium G860 2
+56%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 56% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A9-9425 0.9
Pentium G860 1.2
+33.3%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 33% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A9-9425 1
+313%
Pentium G860 0.2

A9-9425 outperforms Pentium G860 by 313% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A9-9425 891
Pentium G860 1655
+85.7%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 86% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A9-9425 51
Pentium G860 70
+39.2%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 39% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A9-9425 10
Pentium G860 13
+30.8%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 31% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A9-9425 4518
Pentium G860 5393
+19.4%

Pentium G860 outperforms A9-9425 by 19% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.79 0.96
Recency 31 May 2016 4 September 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

The A9-9425 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G860 in performance tests.

Be aware that A9-9425 is a notebook processor while Pentium G860 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9425 and Pentium G860, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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