AMD A9-9420 vs AMD Phenom II X3 P840

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9420 and AMD Phenom II X3 P840 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9420

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 89% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 1.9 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
• Around 69% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1288 vs 760
• Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1497 vs 1079
• Around 64% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1907 vs 1164
• Around 7% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2847 vs 2663

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 P840

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9420
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 P840

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1288 760
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1497 1079
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1907 1164
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2847 2663

Compare specifications (specs)