A8-9600 vs Pentium Gold 4417U

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1898	1881
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	14.13
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Kaby Lake Refresh	no data
Power efficiency	12.87	3.04
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	15 February 2019 (5 years ago)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$78

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4417U 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 610	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Max video memory	32 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Enduro	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-9600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.4	no data
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and 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	2.04	2.09
Recency	15 February 2019	27 July 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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