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 14 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 1216
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2717 vs 2397
| 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 1216 |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 2717 vs 2397 |
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
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| Name | AMD A6-9400 | AMD A8-3850 |
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| PassMark - Single thread mark | 1664 | 1216 |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 2717 | 2397 |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge | Llano |
| Launch date | 2019 | June 2011 |
| OPN Tray | AD9400AGM23AB | |
| Place in performance rating | 1562 | 1567 |
| Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Series | A-Series (Desktop) | |
Performance |
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| 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 |
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| ECC memory support | ||
| Max memory channels | 2 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | |
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
Graphics |
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| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
| Processor graphics | Radeon R5 | |
Compatibility |
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| Sockets supported | AM4 | FM1 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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| Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
| Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
| Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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| AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
