AMD A6-9500 vs AMD A6-7310

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

790 points

6% slightly better overall score

745 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1734 points

23% slightly better gaming score

1404 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

567 points

0.53% slightly better multitasking score

564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

550 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

541 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

929 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

627 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points

170% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

231 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

957 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

596 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

641 points

182% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

227 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

75% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

58% significantly higher turbo speed

2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

25 W

160% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,006th of 1,089

1,019th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops

A6-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3L

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A6-9500 vs A6-7310 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A6-7310 is faster than the A6-9500. Despite this, the A6-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A6-7310 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A6-9500 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-9500. Our comparison shows that the A6-9500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A6-7310. The A6-7310 outputs less heat than A6-9500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A6-7310 has more L2 cache than the A6-9500

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A6-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.