A4-3320M vs A9-9425

Place in the ranking	2040	2982
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	10.86	1.13
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9425 and A4-3320M 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	124.5 mm²	228 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A9-9425 and A4-3320M 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	FT4	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and A4-3320M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and A4-3320M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and A4-3320M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)

AMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz)

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.

A9-9425 1.73
+312%

A4-3320M 0.42

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.

A9-9425 1512
+126%

A4-3320M 668

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.73	0.42
Integrated graphics card	1.48	0.66
Recency	31 May 2016	20 December 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

A9-9425 has a 311.9% higher aggregate performance score, 124.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The A9-9425 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-3320M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9425 and A4-3320M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.