AMD A9-9420 vs Intel Xeon W-2175

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AMD A9-9420 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-2175
AMD A9-9420 Intel Xeon W-2175

CPU comparison

AMD A9-9420 or Intel Xeon W-2175 - 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 A9-9420 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD A9-9420 was released in Q2/2017.

The Intel Xeon W-2175 has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-2175 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
AMD A9-9000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 (15)
4 Generation 6
Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Architecture Skylake W
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon W-2275

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A9-9420 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A9-9420 is 3.00 GHz (3.60 GHz) while the Intel Xeon W-2175 has 14 CPU cores and 28 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon W-2175 is at 2.50 GHz (4.30 GHz).

AMD A9-9420 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2175
2 Cores 14
2 Threads 28
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

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 A9-9420 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2175
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A9-9420 or Intel Xeon W-2175 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) GPU no iGPU
0.85 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 A9-9420 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The Intel Xeon W-2175 supports up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 85.4 GB/s.

AMD A9-9420 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2175
DDR4-2133 Memory DDR4-2666
8 GB Max. Memory 512 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 19.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 48
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A9-9420 is 15 W, while the Intel Xeon W-2175 has a TDP of 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A9-9420 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2175
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 140 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A9-9420 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon W-2175 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 19.00 MB cache.

AMD A9-9420 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2175
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, AVX-512
FP4 Socket LGA 2066
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2017 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 1947 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A9-9420 (43%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD A9-9420 (7%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
497 (41%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 4.30 GHz
1206 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
805 (6%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
12458 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
2348 (10%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
22968 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
81 (44%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 4.30 GHz
186 (100%)

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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
134 (5%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
2504 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 4.30 GHz
1428 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
9056 (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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz
325 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
@ 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 A9-9420 AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
328 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2175 Intel Xeon W-2175
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A9-9420 Intel Xeon W-2175
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