AMD A9-9410 vs Intel Core i7-6900K

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A9-9410		Intel Core i7-6900K
CPU comparison AMD A9-9410 or Intel Core i7-6900K - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A9-9410 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD A9-9410 was released in Q2/2017. The Intel Core i7-6900K has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6900K was released in Q2/2016.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
AMD A9-9000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
4	Generation	6
Stoney Ridge (Excavator)	Architecture	Skylake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A9-9410 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Core i7-6900K has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz).
AMD A9-9410	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-6900K
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.90 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.70 GHz
3.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A9-9410	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-6900K
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
0.80 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
7	GPU Generation	--
28 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
3	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
Decode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A9-9410 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6900K can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
AMD A9-9410	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-6900K
DDR4-2133	Memory	DDR4-2400
8 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
17.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
8	PCIe lanes	40
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A9-9410 has a TDP of 25 W, that of the Intel Core i7-6900K is 140 W.
AMD A9-9410	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-6900K
25 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	140 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
10 W	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A9-9410 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-6900K cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
AMD A9-9410	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-6900K
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FP4	Socket	LGA 2011-3
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2017	Release date	Q2/2016
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks

AMD A9-9410 (0%)

Intel Core i7-6900K (0%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A9-9410 (17%)

Intel Core i7-6900K (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2530 (17%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	14474 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1151 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	11326 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1086 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7651 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1254 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7471 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A9-9410 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.80 GHz	307 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	4402 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	63 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A9-9410 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	130 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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