AMD A9-9420 SoC vs AMD A9-9425

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9420 SoC and AMD A9-9425 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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).

AMD A9-9420 SoC

AMD A9-9425

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9420 SoC

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 1 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9425

Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9420 SoC
CPU 2: AMD A9-9425

Name	AMD A9-9420 SoC	AMD A9-9425
PassMark - Single thread mark		1331
PassMark - CPU mark		1527
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2034
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		112.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3556
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		943
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3556

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A9-9420 SoC	AMD A9-9425
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	May 2016	2Q18
Place in performance rating	not rated	1566
Vertical segment	Desktop	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM9425AYN23AC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	124 mm	124 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	74 °C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	1200 million	1200 million
Base frequency		3.1 GHz
Compute Cores		5
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Max memory channels		1
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		10-15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0