AMD FX-8370E vs AMD A6-9225. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD FX-8000 AMD A6-9000
• Family
  FX-Series AMD A
• Form Factor
  Desktops -
• Generation
  2 6
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.6 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 3
• Generation
  - 7
• GPU Frequency
  - 660 MHz
• GPU name
  None AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q2/2016
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 28 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-9225 and AMD FX-8370E. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3 DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  - 8
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  1866 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-8370E and AMD A6-9225 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  95 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  70.5 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-8370E and AMD A6-9225, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vishera (Bulldozer) Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Codename
  Vishera -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 2 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  FD837EWMHKBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  FD837EWMW8KHK -
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2018
• Socket
  AM3+ FP4
• Technology
  32nm SOI 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V