AMD A6-9400 vs AMD Phenom II X4 830

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9400 and AMD Phenom II X4 830 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.

AMD A6-9400

AMD Phenom II X4 830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9400

CPU is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 132043% higher clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1664 vs 1083
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2717 vs 2072

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2019 vs September 2009
Maximum frequency	3700 MHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1664 vs 1083
PassMark - CPU mark	2717 vs 2072

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 830

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 160 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9400
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1664

1083

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2717

2072

Name	AMD A6-9400	AMD Phenom II X4 830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1664	1083
PassMark - CPU mark	2717	2072
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5258

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-9400	AMD Phenom II X4 830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge	Deneb
Launch date	2019	September 2009
OPN Tray	AD9400AGM23AB
Place in performance rating	1552	1551
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$79.95
Value for money (0-100)		12.66
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3400 MHz
L1 cache	160 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C
Maximum frequency	3700 MHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2
Die size		258 mm
L3 cache		4096 KB (shared)
Transistor count		758 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	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 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™)