AMD A9-9400 SoC vs AMD Phenom II X4 830

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9400 SoC and AMD Phenom II X4 830 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.

AMD A9-9400 SoC

AMD Phenom II X4 830

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
9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1195 vs 1083

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2016 vs September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1195 vs 1083

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 830

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2072 vs 1329

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2072 vs 1329

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9400 SoC
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1195

1083

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1329

2072

Name	AMD A9-9400 SoC	AMD Phenom II X4 830
PassMark - Single thread mark	1195	1083
PassMark - CPU mark	1329	2072
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		1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5258

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A9-9400 SoC	AMD Phenom II X4 830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge	Deneb
Launch date	May 2016	September 2009
Place in performance rating	1542	1551
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$80
Price now		$79.95
Value for money (0-100)		12.66
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	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	1200 million	758 million
L3 cache		4096 KB (shared)
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™)