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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: 37.53

Overall Rank:
3599th fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
2438th fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
1024th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1876

Single Thread Rating

1617

Samples: 81*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-9500

Integer Math	9,770 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,011 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,286 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	576.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	30,563 KBytes/Sec
Physics	143 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,069 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,617 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-9500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 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 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,544
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,540
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD A6-9500		1,876

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.99
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		189.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.36
Intel Core i5-12400F		112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD A6-9500		37.53
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 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD A6-9500		1,617

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-9500
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3025785 - Nov 04 2025		1975
BL2966012 - Oct 10 2025		2060
BL2953644 - Oct 05 2025		2010
BL2857839 - Aug 23 2025		1899
BL2857294 - Aug 23 2025		1390

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-9500
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-9500		1,876
Intel Celeron G3900 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,155 (+14.8%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,065 (+10.0%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,770 (-5.7%)
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,112 (+12.6%)
Intel Celeron G3930 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,260 (+20.5%)
Intel Celeron G4900T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,239 (+19.3%)
Intel Celeron G3930T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-9500		2,023 (+7.8%)
Intel Pentium G2130 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,918 (+2.2%)
Intel Pentium G3260T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,878 (+0.1%)
Intel Pentium G3250T @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,818 (-3.1%)
AMD A6-9500E vs AMD A6-9500		1,741 (-7.2%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-9500		1,586 (-15.5%)

Is the AMD A6-9500 Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,438
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,797
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,453
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,308
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,484
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,421
AMD A6-9500		354