AMD A9-9420e vs AMD A4-4300M

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9420e and AMD A4-4300M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, 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).

AMD A9-9420e

AMD A4-4300M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9420e

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1108 vs 1005

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2018 vs 30 June 2012
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1108 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4300M

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1019 vs 957

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1019 vs 957

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9420e
CPU 2: AMD A4-4300M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

957

1019

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1108

1005

Name	AMD A9-9420e	AMD A4-4300M
PassMark - Single thread mark	957	1019
PassMark - CPU mark	1108	1005
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		313
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3568

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A9-9420e	AMD A4-4300M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge	Trinity
Launch date	1 June 2018	30 June 2012
Place in performance rating	2335	2348
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD A-Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	124.5 mm	246 mm
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	1200 Million	1303 Million
L1 cache		96 KB
Maximum frequency		3 GHz
Compatibility
Sockets supported	BGA	FS1r2
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions