Celeron G3900 vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.43
+1.4%

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Celeron G3900 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22142225
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.18
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Celeron
Power efficiency3.732.52
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$42

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data28
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 510
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.4
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pro A8-8600B 1.43
+1.4%
Celeron G3900 1.41

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.

Pro A8-8600B 2190
+1.2%
Celeron G3900 2165

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.

Pro A8-8600B 459
Celeron G3900 585
+27.5%

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.

Pro A8-8600B 1067
+6.7%
Celeron G3900 1000

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 1.41
Recency 3 June 2015 19 October 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 51 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has a 1.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 325% lower power consumption.

Celeron G3900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900.

Be aware that Pro A8-8600B is a notebook processor while Celeron G3900 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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