AMD A6-9500 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9500 and AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE 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, 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 A6-9500

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1629 vs 1511

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2839 vs 1876
• 4.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2268 vs 484
• 8.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6568 vs 800

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9500
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1629 1511
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1876 2839
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	484 2268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	800 6568

Compare specifications (specs)