AMD A6-9500 vs Intel Core i5-3470S

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

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Price

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$ 50.00
$ 571.00 significantly less expensive
$ 621.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

790 points
1864 points
135% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1734 points
3436 points
98% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

567 points
1423 points
150% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

550 points
1365 points
148% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.14 points
28.42 points
134% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

929 points
1747 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
606 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

957 points
1722 points
79% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

641 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
598 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
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,006th of 1,089
748th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 September
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A6-9500 vs Core i5-3470S comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3470S performs better than the A6-9500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-9500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-3470S has significantly more cores than the A6-9500. Indeed, the Core i5-3470S 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3470S. Also, the A6-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.

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