Athlon 3000G vs A8-8600P

Primary details

Comparing A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2129	1681
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.27
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	4.19	7.62
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	35
L1 cache	no data	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB?
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon Vega 3
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-8600P and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.55	2.82
Recency	3 June 2015	21 November 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt

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