Intel Core i9-7920X vs AMD A6-9500

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i9-7920X and AMD A6-9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 Intel Core i9-7920X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2507 vs 1624
  • 12.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23651 vs 1869
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1115 vs 484
  • 14.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 11596 vs 800
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2017 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 12 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2507 vs 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 23651 vs 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1115 vs 484
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11596 vs 800

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9500

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i9-7920X
CPU 2: AMD A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2507
1624
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23651
1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1115
484
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
11596
800
Name Intel Core i9-7920X AMD A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 2507 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 23651 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1115 484
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11596 800
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 69.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.723
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6783
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6783

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i9-7920X AMD A6-9500

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Bristol Ridge
Launch date September 2017 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $1,200 $64
Place in performance rating 1165 1191
Price now $1,019.99 $56.83
Processor Number i9-7920X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.71 15.52
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD9500AGABBOX
OPN Tray AD9500AGM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.90 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 14336 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 95°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 12 2
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 24
Unlocked
Compute Cores 8
Die size 246 mm
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FCLGA2066 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X
Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 44 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x8
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan