Athlon X4 840 vs PRO A8-9600

General info

Comparing PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1734	1744
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	7.38
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	4x Athlon
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	3 October 2016 (7 years old)	August 2014 (9 years old)
Current price	no data	$45

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256K
L2 cache	2048 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	3,100 million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 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	AM4	Socket FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-9600 and Athlon X4 840.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	16

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.

PRO A8-9600 outperforms Athlon X4 840 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.17	2.15
Recency	3 October 2016	on August 2014

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