Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD A6-9550

Processor comparisons 28-06-2021

   Perhaps you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD A6-9550 tests and decide which is better for games or simple use for video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, rendering. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests such as 3DMark, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, Gears 5, Blender, Prime95, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi, Blender, 7zip, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), UserBenchmark, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, Furmark, AIDA64, MATLAB, Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Valorant
Apex Legends
Death Stranding
Grand Theft Auto V
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fallout 76
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal
Fortnite
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
Overwatch
Valheim
Halo Infinite
Cyberpunk 2077
Rainbow Six Siege
Borderlands 3
Watch Dogs Legion

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD A6-9550 or Intel Pentium Silver A1030.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

A6-9550

50%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver A1030 is 1% better than A6-9550. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

A6-9550

50%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Battlefield V, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	89.0
Valorant	102.0	101.1
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	56.6
Apex Legends	95.9	95.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	75.8
Overwatch	82.6	81.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	69.8
DOOM Eternal	51.0	50.6
Warzone	79.6	78.9
Assassin's Creed	85.7	84.9
Valheim	84.7	83.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver A1030

120%

A6-9550

28%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver A1030 is more energy efficient than the A6-9550 as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 65W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD A6-9550
Cinbench 15 Single-core	88	109
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	294	226
Cinbench 20 Single-core	183	267
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	678	357
Cinbench 23 Single-core	581	527
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2150	733

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD A6-9550
Single-Core	1314	1737
Multi-Core	3477	1976

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD A6-9550
Single-Core	543	549
Multi-Core	1738	951

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD A6-9550
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	July 27, 2017
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM4
Core name	Gemini Lake	Bristol Ridge
Architecture	x86	Excavator
Generation		7
Turbo Frequency	2.7 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	3.8 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Transistors count	1000 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s	DDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		AD9550AGM23AB AD9550AGABBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A6-9550 is 47% better than Pentium Silver A1030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver A1030 has 2 more core than A6-9550. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver A1030 is better: 25
The number of parameters for which AMD A6-9550 is better: 10
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver A1030 and AMD A6-9550 before making a selection which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium Silver A1030 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Silver A1030 specs and review.

AMD A6-9550 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD A6-9550 specs and review.