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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1624 vs 1511
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 July 2017 vs May 2011
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1624 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 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2839 vs 1869
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2268 vs 484
  • 8.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6568 vs 800
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2839 vs 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2268 vs 484
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
1624
1511
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1869
2839
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
484
2268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
800
6568
Name AMD A6-9500 AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1624 1511
PassMark - CPU mark 1869 2839
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 484 2268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 800 6568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6783
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6783

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9500 AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Deneb
Family AMD A-Series Processors AMD Phenom
Launch date 27 July 2017 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $64
OPN PIB AD9500AGABBOX HDZ980FBGMBOX
OPN Tray AD9500AGM23AB HDZ980FBK4DGM
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1192 1198
Price now $56.83
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops AMD Phenom II X4 Black
Value for money (0-100) 15.52
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Compute Cores 8
Die size 246 mm 258 mm
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 1178 million 758 million
Unlocked
L1 cache 512 KB
L3 cache 6 MB
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 x8

Advanced Technologies

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)