Athlon 300U vs A8-9600

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Aggregate performance score

A8-9600
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.09
Athlon 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.43
+16.3%

Athlon 300U outperforms A8-9600 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-9600 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18931771
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency3.0415.33
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$78no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A8-9600 and Athlon 300U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data24
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache2048 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size250 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,100 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A8-9600 and Athlon 300U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-9600 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-9600 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-9600 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-9600 and Athlon 300U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-9600 and Athlon 300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-9600 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes812

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

A8-9600 2.09
Athlon 300U 2.43
+16.3%

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.

A8-9600 3314
Athlon 300U 3867
+16.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.09 2.43
Recency 27 July 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

A8-9600 has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has a 16.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-9600 in performance tests.

Note that A8-9600 is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A8-9600 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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