AMD A6-9500E vs AMD A10-7870K

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9500E and AMD A10-7870K 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, 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 A6-9500E

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 72.40°C
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2240 vs 512
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3331 vs 1581
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 July 2017 vs May 2015
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 72.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2240 vs 512
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3331 vs 1581

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7870K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1516 vs 1369
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3468 vs 1725
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1516 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark 3468 vs 1725

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9500E
CPU 2: AMD A10-7870K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1369
1516
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1725
3468
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2240
512
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3331
1581
Name AMD A6-9500E AMD A10-7870K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1369 1516
PassMark - CPU mark 1725 3468
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2240 512
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3331 1581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4904
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4904

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9500E AMD A10-7870K

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Kaveri
Family AMD A-Series Processors AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 27 July 2017 May 2015
OPN PIB AD9500AHABBOX AD787KXDJCBOX
OPN Tray AD9500AHM23AB AD787KXDI44JC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1404 1400
Price now $59.99 $249.99
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 14.32 6.44
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $120

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 3.9 GHz
Compute Cores 6 12
Die size 246 mm 246 mm
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 4 8
Transistor count 1178 million 1178 million
Unlocked
L1 cache 256 KB
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz 866 MHz
iGPU core count 4 512
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Series AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Number of pipelines 512
Switchable graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 x8 3.0

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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
System Image Stability

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0