A8-9600: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
A8-9600 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.14% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started A8-9600 sales 27 July 2017 at a recommended price of $78. This is a Bristol Ridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.
Primary details
A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 1764 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 14.13 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | |
| Release date | 27 July 2017 (6 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $78 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $30 (0.4x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 92000 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-9600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A8-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| FRTC | 1 | |
| FreeSync | 1 | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| TrueAudio | + | |
| PowerNow | + | |
| PowerGating | + | |
| VirusProtect | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-9600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-9600.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | |
| iGPU core count | 6 | |
| Enduro | + | |
| UVD | + | |
| VCE | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8-9600's integrated GPU.
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A8-9600's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | |
| Vulkan | 1 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (EPYC 9654) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-9600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A8-9600 is Core i3-6100E, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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