AMD A8-9600: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started AMD A8-9600 sales 27 July 2017 at a recommended price of $78. This is Bristol Ridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is 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 3.75 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7763.
General info
Of A8-9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Compatibility
Information on A8-9600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A8-9600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-9600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into A8-9600.
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8-9600's integrated GPU.
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A8-9600's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-9600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
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.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good A8-9600 is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
This processor matches 90% minimum and 81% recommended requirements of all games known to us.
Relative perfomance
Overall A8-9600 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to A8-9600 from Intel is Core i7-965, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 4 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to A8-9600:
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.