A9-9420 vs A10-9700E

Place in the ranking	1902	2505
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	5.49	5.93
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-9700E and A9-9420 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	125 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-9700E and A9-9420 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM4	FT4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9700E and A9-9420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9700E and A9-9420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9700E and A9-9420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Radeon R5
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-9700E and A9-9420 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-9700E and A9-9420 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9700E and A9-9420.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-9700E 2.03
+116%

A9-9420 0.94

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-9700E 3229
+116%

A9-9420 1498