PRO A8-9600B: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

PRO A8-9600B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
1.54

It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.54% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started PRO A8-9600B sales 1 June 2016. This is a Bristol Ridge architecture notebook 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 3300 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FP4 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR3, DDR4-1866 memory.

General info

PRO A8-9600B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2003
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesBristol Ridge
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years ago)

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.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2.4 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.3 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache2048 KBof 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size250 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors3100 Millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600B 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.

SocketFP4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
AES-NI1
FMAFMA4
AVXAVX
FRTC1
FreeSync1
PowerTune+
DualGraphics1
TrueAudio+
PowerNow+
PowerGating+
Out-of-band client management+
VirusProtect+
RAID+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V1
IOMMU 2.0+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by PRO A8-9600B's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4-1866
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into PRO A8-9600B.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count6
Enduro+
Switchable graphics1
UVD+
VCE+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600B's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600B's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12
Vulkan1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes8of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of PRO A8-9600B. Overall benchmark performance 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 A8-9600B 1.54

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

PRO A8-9600B 2385

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

PRO A8-9600B 449

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

PRO A8-9600B 980

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

PRO A8-9600B 2336

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

PRO A8-9600B 5703

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

PRO A8-9600B 2930

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

PRO A8-9600B 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

PRO A8-9600B 203

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

PRO A8-9600B 71

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

PRO A8-9600B 0.84

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A8-9600B 1.5

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A8-9600B 1444

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A8-9600B 70

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

PRO A8-9600B 13

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A8-9600B 1965

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A8-9600B 4764

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

PRO A8-9600B 5124

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

PRO A8-9600B 4389

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

PRO A8-9600B 1991

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall PRO A8-9600B performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


Core i7-3667U 100.65
Core i5-2560M 100.65
PRO A8-9600B 100
A10-9600P 98.05

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to PRO A8-9600B is Celeron 7305, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to PRO A8-9600B:

Core i5-2560M 100.65
Core i7-3667U 100.65
PRO A8-9600B 100
Core m5-6Y57 98.05

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