A9-9420e vs Ryzen 5 8500G

Place in performance ranking	488	2603
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Phoenix2	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Current price	no data	$380

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8500G 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	4 nm	28 nm
Die size	137 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	20,900 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8500G 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	AM5	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and A9-9420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133?, Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and A9-9420e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 740M

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and A9-9420e.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	14	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.

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.

Ryzen 5 8500G 14.03
+1876%

A9-9420e 0.71

Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms A9-9420e by 1876% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 5 8500G 21708
+1875%

A9-9420e 1099

Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms A9-9420e by 1875% in Passmark.