A8-9600 vs Athlon PRO 200GE

Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 200GE
2018
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
2.32
+11%
A8-9600
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.09

Athlon PRO 200GE outperforms A8-9600 by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17951881
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.13
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency6.273.04
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 June 2018 (6 years ago)27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$78

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 200GE and 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size209.78 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 200GE and 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Enduro-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and A8-9600.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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.

Athlon PRO 200GE 2.32
+11%
A8-9600 2.09

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.

Athlon PRO 200GE 3693
+11.5%
A8-9600 3312

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.

Athlon PRO 200GE 932
+52.3%
A8-9600 612

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.

Athlon PRO 200GE 1887
+25.7%
A8-9600 1501

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.32 2.09
Recency 1 June 2018 27 July 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon PRO 200GE has a 11% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

A8-9600, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon PRO 200GE is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-9600 in performance tests.


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