AMD A6-9500E vs AMD Phenom X4 9600

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 AMD Socket AM2+
Process size 28 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 450 million
Die size 246 mm² 285 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA
tCaseMax 74°C

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 11.5x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.25 V
TDP 35 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Nov 19th, 2007
Codename Bristol Ridge Agena
Generation A6 Phenom X4
Part AD9500AHM23AB HD9600WCJ4BGD
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R5

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 128K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. Processor with the older B2 revision and TLB Bug.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
CnQ Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.0 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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