The AMD A9-9430 SoC is a mobile processor with 2 cores, launched in May 2016. It is part of the A9 lineup, using the Stoney Ridge architecture with Socket FT4. A9-9430 SoC has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.1 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.7 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the A9-9430 SoC on a 28 nm production node, the transistor count is unknown. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on A9-9430 SoC, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 25 W, the A9-9430 SoC consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR4 memory with a single-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 2400 MT/s. For communication with other components in the machine, A9-9430 SoC uses a PCI-Express Gen 3 connection. This processor features the Radeon R5 integrated graphics solution.
Hardware virtualization is available on the A9-9430 SoC, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications. Besides AVX, AMD is including the newer AVX2 standard, too, but not AVX-512.