A6-9550 vs Pentium P6300

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2853not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.41no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date11 January 2011 (13 years ago)27 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 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 speed2.27 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm28 nm
Die size81+114 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors382 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPGA988AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and A6-9550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and A6-9550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsRadeon R5
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and A6-9550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and A6-9550.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2011 27 July 2017
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium P6300 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

A6-9550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium P6300 and A6-9550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium P6300 is a notebook processor while A6-9550 is a desktop one.


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