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AMD A6-9550 vs AMD Athlon II X2 280

AMD

AMD A6-9550

AMD Socket AM4 3800 MHz 2 cores Jul 2017 DESKTOP
AMD A6-9550
AMD

AMD Athlon II X2 280

AMD Socket AM3 3600 MHz 2 cores Feb 2013 DESKTOP
AMD Athlon II X2 280

Summary

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9550

  • This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
  • Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon II X2 280.
  • Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 280

  • None
No winner
Gaming

No clear winner declared

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Productivity

No clear winner declared

Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
FMA3
FMA4
F16C
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core
NX bit
AMD Virtualization

Architecture

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorAMD K10
MarketDesktopDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4DDR2, DDR3
CodenameBristol RidgeRegor
Release DateJul 2017Feb 2013

Cores

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
Cores22
Threads22
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5No

Cache

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)1024 KB
L3 Cache0 KB0 KB

Physical

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
SocketAMD Socket AM4AMD Socket AM3
Max Case Temp74°Cunknown
PackageuPGAuPGA
Die Size246mm²117mm²
Process28 nm45 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9550AMD Athlon II X2 280
Cpu Frequency3800 MHz3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHznone
Base Clock100 MHz200 MHz
Voltage1.475 V1.15 V
TDP65 W65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-95502760 points
  • AMD Athlon II X2 2802268 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-95504562 points
  • AMD Athlon II X2 2804536 points

Points - higher is better

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