AMD A6-9400 vs AMD A8-3850

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9400 and AMD A8-3850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 127486% higher clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1664 vs 1214
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2717 vs 2374
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2019 vs June 2011
Maximum frequency 3700 MHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1664 vs 1214
PassMark - CPU mark 2717 vs 2374

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3850

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 160 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9400
CPU 2: AMD A8-3850

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1664
1214
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2717
2374
Name AMD A6-9400 AMD A8-3850
PassMark - Single thread mark 1664 1214
PassMark - CPU mark 2717 2374
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 361
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 211.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 43.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9400 AMD A8-3850

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Llano
Launch date 2019 June 2011
OPN Tray AD9400AGM23AB
Place in performance rating 1552 1567
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Series A-Series (Desktop)

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3400 MHz
L1 cache 160 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C
Maximum frequency 3700 MHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Die size 228 mm
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1600, DDR4-2400 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon R5

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 100 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)