AMD A9-9400 SoC vs AMD Phenom II X3 B75

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9400 SoC and AMD Phenom II X3 B75 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 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date May 2016 vs October 2009
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 B75

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1250 vs 1199
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1751 vs 1332
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1250 vs 1199
PassMark - CPU mark 1751 vs 1332

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9400 SoC
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 B75

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1199
1250
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1332
1751
Name AMD A9-9400 SoC AMD Phenom II X3 B75
PassMark - Single thread mark 1199 1250
PassMark - CPU mark 1332 1751
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 1905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4439

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A9-9400 SoC AMD Phenom II X3 B75

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Heka
Launch date May 2016 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1542 1506
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HDXB75WFK3DGM
Price now $39.99
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core
Value for money (0-100) 21.61

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 124 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Transistor count 1200 million 758 million
Base frequency 3 GHz
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Number of threads 3
Unlocked

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 95 Watt
Sockets supported AM3

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)