AMD A9-9400 SoC vs Intel Pentium G6960

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9400 SoC and Intel Pentium G6960 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. 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) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 7.3x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 73 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1346 vs 1293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2016 vs January 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 73 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1346 vs 1293

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G6960

  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1264 vs 1219
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1264 vs 1219

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9400 SoC
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G6960

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1219
1264
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1346
1293
Name AMD A9-9400 SoC Intel Pentium G6960
PassMark - Single thread mark 1219 1264
PassMark - CPU mark 1346 1293
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 1957
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3379

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A9-9400 SoC Intel Pentium G6960

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Clarkdale
Launch date May 2016 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1464 1458
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number G6960
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 124 mm 81 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.93 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1200 million 382 million
Base frequency 2.93 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C
Number of threads 2
VID voltage range 0.6500V-1.4000V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 1066
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16.38 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1156

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 533 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Integrated

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)