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AMD A9-9420 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A9-9420 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP4 socket and was released in Q2/2017. The AMD A9-9420 scores 497 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 805 points.
| Name: | AMD A9-9420 |
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| Family: | AMD A (112) |
| CPU group: | AMD A9-9000 (4) |
| Architecture: | Stoney Ridge (Excavator) |
| Technology: | 28 nm |
| Segment: | Notebook |
| Generation: | 4 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 2 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | 3.00 GHz |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
The AMD A9-9420 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A9-9420 uses the AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge), which has 192 texture shaders and 3 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.85 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 3 |
| Shader: | 192 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
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| Generation: | 7 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 28 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Frame Generation: | No |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | Decode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 1 (Single Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| DDR4-2133 | 17.1 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 8 GB |
| Memory channels: | 1 (Single Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 8 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | 25 W |
| TDP down: | 10 W |
| Tjunction max.: | 90 °C |
Technical details
The AMD A9-9420 is made in 28 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 28 nm |
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| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | FP4 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 2.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date: | Q2/2017 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A9-9420 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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