How good is the AMD A9-9420? Solved

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Hello, I bought a new PC having a rough idea of the power of my processor but not in detail, so I was wondering how good this processor is and my PC in general. Here are the specifications:

-CPU: AMD A9-9420 7th generation dual core
-GHz: 3.0 / 3.0 (which can be boosted to 3.6)
-GPU: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
-RAM: 4GB
-SSD 128GB + HDD 1TB

So, I would like to know what type of games I could run as well as software to give me an idea, thanks!

marcmarais · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I won't be as gentle as Judge_DT (is that okay?): this laptop is not great, I hope you didn’t pay much for it!

Regarding the CPU, check its score on this well-known benchmark:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A9-9410&id=2841

Yes, some i5 CPUs from Intel for laptops are also just Dual Cores, like the i5 6200U or 7500U, but some are real Quad cores, like the i5 6300 HQ, and if we compare their scores to your CPU, we see a clear difference:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-6200U+%40+2.30GHz&id=2556
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-7500U+%40+2.70GHz&id=2863
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-6300HQ+%40+2.30GHz&id=2632

Already the i5 7500U, although a Dual Core, has a score double that of your A9 ^^

As for the R5 graphics chip, it is very poorly ranked in this classification of laptop graphics cards, at rank 294 it won't run many games with details:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphics-Cards.13849.0.html

If your seller sold you this laptop as a gaming laptop, one could say they were not honest at all: it’s more of an office laptop!

Judge_DT · Answer

Hi,

Light and not very heavy games, don't expect to run the latest releases on Ultra. The R5 graphics chip is likely the one integrated into the processor and as such, relatively limited in performance.

The processor is mid-range, quite classic and well below a Core i5 for comparison with Intel, but rather at the level of an i3.

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Nox · Answer

Alright, thank you for your response. It's a pity that the seller wasn't so honest; he compared the processor more to an i5, but it's not a problem, I wasn't planning on running any heavy games on it anyway.

Nightymaxx · Answer

According to the latest news, the i5 laptops are dual-core, not quad-core... And the A9 is sold on laptops.

marv75 · Answer

Good evening, I would like to buy this PC, but for office use. Is this processor (which is not found in any other laptops) good and can it be compared to an i3?

For the 1 MB cache, does it really have an impact (again, no other laptop has 1 MB of cache), and does the fact that it is SSD compensate...

Thank you for your opinion, it’s a gift for this weekend.

P.S. This PC is currently sold for €549.

iXrRaye · Answer

Thank you, I'm interested in the same computer but with 8 GB of RAM for 500 euros.

benmoq · Answer

It's always surprising to see people who buy a product and then check afterwards if it's a good purchase lol...

How good is the AMD A9-9420?

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