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A9 9420 vs Pentium G3260


Description
The 9420 is based on Excavator architecture while the G3260 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 9420 gets a score of 28.9 k points while the G3260 gets 58.9 k points.

Summarizing, the G3260 is 2 times faster than the 9420. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
670f00
306c3
Core
Stoney Ridge
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
Micro-BGA
LGA1150
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
15 W
53 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
96+2x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
1024 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
3072 kB
Date
April 2017
March 2015
Mean monothread perf.
33.09k points
30.56k points
Mean multithread perf.
46.33k points
58.89k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
9420
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
8.41k
11.73k (x1.39)
Test#2 (FP)
11.48k
10.45k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.29k
4.55k (x1.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.24k
3.83k (x1.71)
TOTAL
25.41k
30.56k (x1.2)

Multithread

9420

G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
11.25k
22.99k (x2.04)
Test#2 (FP)
13.69k
20.53k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.09k
8.82k (x4.23)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.87k
6.55k (x3.51)
TOTAL
28.89k
58.89k (x2.04)

Performance/W
9420
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
750 points/W
434 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
912 points/W
387 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
139 points/W
166 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
125 points/W
124 points/W
TOTAL
1926 points/W
1111 points/W

Performance/GHz
9420
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
2336 points/GHz
3555 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3188 points/GHz
3165 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
913 points/GHz
1380 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
621 points/GHz
1161 points/GHz
TOTAL
7058 points/GHz
9261 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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