AMD EPYC 9554 vs AMD A9-9420e

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AMD EPYC 9554 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A9-9420e
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD A9-9420e

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9554 or AMD A9-9420e - 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 EPYC 9554 has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.75 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9554 was released in Q4/2022.

The AMD A9-9420e has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD A9-9420e was released in Q2/2017.
AMD EPYC (129) Family AMD A (112)
AMD EPYC 9004 (21) CPU group AMD A9-9000 (4)
4 Generation 4
Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Architecture Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9554 has 64 CPU cores and can calculate 128 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9554 is 3.10 GHz (3.75 GHz) while the AMD A9-9420e has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A9-9420e is at 1.80 GHz (2.70 GHz).

AMD EPYC 9554 Characteristic AMD A9-9420e
64 Cores 2
128 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
3.75 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.70 GHz
3.75 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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 EPYC 9554 Characteristic AMD A9-9420e
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD EPYC 9554 or AMD A9-9420e 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
GPU frequency 0.72 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 7
Technology 28 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 3
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 9554 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 460.8 GB/s. The AMD A9-9420e supports up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 17.1 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 9554 Characteristic AMD A9-9420e
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR4-2133
6144 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
12 Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
460.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
64.00 MB L2 Cache --
256.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
128 PCIe lanes 8
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9554 is 360 W, while the AMD A9-9420e has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9554 Characteristic AMD A9-9420e
360 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
400 W TDP up --
320 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9554 is manufactured in 5 nm and has 320.00 MB cache. The AMD A9-9420e is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9554 Characteristic AMD A9-9420e
5 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
SP5 Socket FP4
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems
Q4/2022 Release date Q2/2017
9087 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9554 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e (23%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 9554 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e (1%)

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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
1568 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
355 (23%)

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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
65664 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
444 (1%)

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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
2064 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
23869 (100%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
276 (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 EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A9-9420e AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1775 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 9554 AMD A9-9420e
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