Core i3-1005G1 vs PRO A8-9600B

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Aggregate performance score

PRO A8-9600B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.48
Core i3-1005G1
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.19
+116%

i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by a whopping 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20731530
Place by popularitynot in top-10081
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesBristol RidgeIntel Core i3
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Ice Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281
Current priceno data$451 (1.6x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm10 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 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
SocketFP4FCBGA1526
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI1+
FMAFMA4+
AVXAVX+
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 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 A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4-1866DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data58.3 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsIntel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
iGPU core count6no data
Quick Sync Videono data+
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.6
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-9600B and Core i3-1005G1.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes8no data

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 A8-9600B 1.48
i3-1005G1 3.19
+116%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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 2292
i3-1005G1 4930
+115%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 115% in Passmark.

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
i3-1005G1 1283
+186%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 186% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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
i3-1005G1 2371
+142%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 142% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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
i3-1005G1 6573
+181%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 181% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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
i3-1005G1 14323
+151%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 151% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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
i3-1005G1 5501
+87.7%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 88% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

PRO A8-9600B 16.76
i3-1005G1 13.92
+20.4%

PRO A8-9600B outperforms Core i3-1005G1 by 20% in wPrime 32.

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
i3-1005G1 5
+90.8%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 91% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

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
i3-1005G1 405
+99.5%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 100% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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
i3-1005G1 157
+121%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 121% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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
i3-1005G1 1.88
+124%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 124% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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
i3-1005G1 2.4
+60%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 60% in TrueCrypt AES.

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
i3-1005G1 2624
+81.7%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 82% in WinRAR 4.0.

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
i3-1005G1 25
+89.3%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 89% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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
i3-1005G1 135
+93.1%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 93% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

PRO A8-9600B 4389
i3-1005G1 9847
+124%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 124% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

PRO A8-9600B 1991
i3-1005G1 5042
+153%

Core i3-1005G1 outperforms PRO A8-9600B by 153% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.48 3.19
Recency 1 June 2016 1 August 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

The Core i3-1005G1 is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A8-9600B in performance tests.


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