Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs A10-9600P

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2435	595
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300)
Power efficiency	3.74	38.83
Designer	AMD	AMD
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025)
Release date	1 June 2016 (9 years ago)	6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	8 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Die size	250 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	FP4	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	-	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR5
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare R5 Graphics and Radeon 890M	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon 890M
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9600P and Ryzen Z2 Extreme.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.32	13.71
Recency	1 June 2016	6 January 2025
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm

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