AMD A6-9210 vs AMD Turion II Ultra M640

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9210 and AMD Turion II Ultra M640 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9210

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1088 vs 1067
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1248 vs 1034
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2016 vs 10 September 2009
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1088 vs 1067
PassMark - CPU mark 1248 vs 1034

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II Ultra M640

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9210
CPU 2: AMD Turion II Ultra M640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1088
1067
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1248
1034
Name AMD A6-9210 AMD Turion II Ultra M640
PassMark - Single thread mark 1088 1067
PassMark - CPU mark 1248 1034
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 560
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1001
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1001
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2684

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9210 AMD Turion II Ultra M640

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Caspian
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 1 June 2016 10 September 2009
OPN Tray AM9210AVY23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2258 2224
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops AMD Turion II Ultra
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.4 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 124.5 mm
L2 cache 1 MB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 1200 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 600 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP4 Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)