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.

 

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 1541 1550
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™)