AMD A6-9225 vs AMD FX-6300. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A AMD FX
• Generation
  6 2
• CPU group
  AMD A6-9000 AMD FX-6300

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz 4.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.66 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-6300 and AMD A6-9225. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-9225 and AMD FX-6300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 95 W
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C 71 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-9225 and AMD A6-9225, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FP4 AM3+
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2012