Pentium Gold 4415Y vs A9-9420e

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Aggregate performance score

A9-9420e
2018
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.70
Pentium Gold 4415Y
2017
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.01
+44.3%

Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms A9-9420e by a considerable 44% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27202466
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency4.4215.93
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date1 June 2018 (6 years ago)4 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size124.5 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGAFCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization,Intel® SSE4.1
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)Intel HD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9420e and Pentium Gold 4415Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

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.

A9-9420e 0.70
Pentium Gold 4415Y 1.01
+44.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A9-9420e 97
Pentium Gold 4415Y 164
+69.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.70 1.01
Integrated graphics card 1.48 1.87
Recency 1 June 2018 4 June 2017
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

A9-9420e has an age advantage of 11 months.

Pentium Gold 4415Y, on the other hand, has a 44.3% higher aggregate performance score, 26.4% faster integrated GPU, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold 4415Y is our recommended choice as it beats the A9-9420e in performance tests.


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