AMD A9-9400 SoC vs AMD Athlon II X2 265

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9400 SoC and AMD Athlon II X2 265 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9400 SoC

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 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
  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1346 vs 1265
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2016 vs September 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1346 vs 1265

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 265

  • Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1352 vs 1219
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1352 vs 1219

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9400 SoC
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 265

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1219
1352
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1346
1265
Name AMD A9-9400 SoC AMD Athlon II X2 265
PassMark - Single thread mark 1219 1352
PassMark - CPU mark 1346 1265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 894
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5100
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1925
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3207

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A9-9400 SoC AMD Athlon II X2 265

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Regor
Launch date May 2016 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1464 1439
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $83
Price now $82.88
Value for money (0-100) 6.71

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 124 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1200 million 410 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4 DDR2, DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt
Sockets supported AM3

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)