AMD A6-9500 vs AMD A8-7410

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-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
2% slightly better overall score
768 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1734 points
20% slightly better gaming score
1445 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

567 points
582 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

550 points
558 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.14 points
63% significantly higher Blender score
7.41 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

929 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
656 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
155% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
244 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

957 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
635 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

641 points
164% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
242 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher turbo speed
2.5 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

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

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
1,010th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops
A8-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 September
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3L

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

A6-9500 vs A8-7410 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A6-9500 performs better than the A8-7410. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-7410 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-7410 has significantly more cores than the A6-9500. Indeed, the A8-7410 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A6-9500. It also has more threads than the A6-9500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A6-9500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A8-7410. Also, the A6-9500 has a significantly higher turbo speed. The A8-7410 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. In terms of cache, the A8-7410 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A6-9500

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A6-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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