AMD A4-9125 vs AMD A9-9400 SoC

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-9125 and AMD A9-9400 SoC processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A4-9125

AMD A9-9400 SoC

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9125

Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9400 SoC

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1199 vs 1037
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1332 vs 1210

Specifications (specs)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1199 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark	1332 vs 1210

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-9125
CPU 2: AMD A9-9400 SoC

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1037

1199

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1210

1332

Name	AMD A4-9125	AMD A9-9400 SoC
PassMark - Single thread mark	1037	1199
PassMark - CPU mark	1210	1332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		49.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		11.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		21.079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5100

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-9125	AMD A9-9400 SoC
Essentials
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q2 2018	May 2016
OPN Tray	AM9125AYN23AC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Linux x86_64
Place in performance rating	2248	1542
Series	AMD A4-Series APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Stoney Ridge
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz
Compute Cores	4
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		124 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Transistor count		1200 million
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	686 MHz
iGPU core count	2
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	10-15 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)