AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD A9-9420

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD A9-Series APU for Laptops 2 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

4180 points

504% significantly better overall score

692 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points

270% significantly better gaming score

1528 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points

656% significantly better multitasking score

492 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points

664% significantly better heavy workload score

472 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points

1264% significantly higher Blender score

7.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points

1050% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

500 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points

393% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

325 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

499% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

422nd of 1,089

1,031st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

A9-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Ryzen 5 5600U vs A9-9420 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600U performs better than the A9-9420. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A9-9420 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the A9-9420 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A9-9420. With our hardware info, we find that the A9-9420 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600U. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600U has more L2 cache than the A9-9420

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.