AMD A8-9600: specs and benchmarks
General info
Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Integrated video card
Benchmarks
Gaming
Intel equivalent
Advices and comments
Summary
AMD started A8-9600 sales on July 2017 at a recommended price of $78. This is Bristol Ridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems.
Compatibility-wise, this is an AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 15.44 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
General info
Of A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
25.77
Type
Desktop
Achitecture codename
Bristol Ridge
Release date
July 2017
Technical specs
A8-9600's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of A8-9600's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
4
Maximum frequency
3.4 GHz
of 5
L2 cache
2048 KB
of 16384
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
of 7
Die size
246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)
74 °C
of 105
Transistor count
1178 million
of 19200
64 bit support
+
Compatibility
Information on A8-9600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Max number of CPUs in a configuration
1
of 8
Socket
AM4
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by 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
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-9600 are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-9600.
Supported memory types
DDR4-2400
Max memory channels
2
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into A8-9600.
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8-9600's integrated GPU.
DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A8-9600's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX
DirectX® 12
Vulkan
+
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of A8-9600's supported peripherals.
PCIe revision
3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes
8
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of A8-9600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
15.44
Passmark
4990
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good A8-9600 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall A8-9600 performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to A8-9600 from Intel is Core i3-4350, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
