Intel Core i7 M 620 vs AMD A9-9420

Core i7 M 620 vs A9-9420 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 M 620 is faster than the A9-9420. Despite this, the A9-9420 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7 M 620 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9420 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 M 620. In terms of cache, the A9-9420 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7 M 620

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. Indeed, the Core i7 M 620 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.