PRO A8-9600 vs Athlon 220GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1676	1870
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.08	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.53	3.04
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	3 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Enduro	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and PRO A8-9600.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	8

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	2.89	2.17
Recency	6 September 2018	3 October 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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