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AMD A6-9500

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-9500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A6-9500 Good for Gaming?

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AMD A6-9500

Description: RADEON R5, 8 COMPUTE CORES 2C+6G

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

TDP Down: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A6-9500 RADEON R5, 8 COMPUTE CORES 2C+6G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 37.54

Overall Rank:
3181st fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
2106th fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
949th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $50.00 USD (2025-01-22)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1877

Single Thread Rating

1629

Samples: 73*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,073
Thread: 1,774

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-9500

Integer Math	9,826 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,012 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,327 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	575.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	30,386 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,068 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,629 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-9500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,844
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,387
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,064
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,560
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,113
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,209
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,724
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,621
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
AMD A6-9500		1,877

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		219.60
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		200.79
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.18
Intel Core i9-12900K		145.73
Intel Core i9-13900K		117.14
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.50
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.09
AMD A6-9500		37.54
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,150
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,565
AMD A6-9500		1,629

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-9500
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2371952 - Jan 27 2025		1993
BL2364928 - Jan 24 2025		2069
BL2263676 - Dec 03 2024		1923
BL2197653 - Sep 18 2024 [Overclocked]		1532
BL2151575 - Jul 22 2024		1365

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-9500
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-9500		1,877
Intel Celeron G3930 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,253 (+20.0%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,059 (+9.7%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,755 (-6.5%)
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,102 (+12.0%)
Intel Celeron G4900T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,250 (+19.9%)
Intel Pentium G3250 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,004 (+6.8%)
Intel Pentium G2130 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,917 (+2.1%)
Intel Pentium G2120 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,896 (+1.0%)
Intel Pentium G3260T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,837 (-2.1%)
Intel Pentium G3250T @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,807 (-3.8%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,699 (-9.5%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,571 (-16.3%)

Is the AMD A6-9500 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,602
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,600
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,842
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,527
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,343
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,168
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,015
AMD A6-9500		356