AMD A9-9420e vs AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9420e and AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9420e

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 962 vs 944

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1669 vs 1107

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9420e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	962 944
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1107 1669

Compare specifications (specs)