AMD A8-8600P vs Intel Pentium Gold 4417U

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Combined performance score

Pentium Gold 4417U
2.11
+44.5%

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms A8-8600P by 45% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking17512044
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Kaby Lake RefreshAMD Carrizo
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date15 February 2019 (5 years old)3 June 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data
Current price$423 (2.6x MSRP)$215

Technical specs

Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2048 KB
L3 cache2 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356FP4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt12-35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2HSA 1.0
AES-NI+1
FMAno dataFMA4
AVXno dataAVX
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data-
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
HSAno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-no data
Smart Response+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data1
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 610AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.4no data
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and A8-8600P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12no 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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 2.11
+44.5%
A8-8600P 1.46

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms A8-8600P by 45% in our combined 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%

Pentium Gold 4417U 3240
+44.6%
A8-8600P 2240

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms A8-8600P by 45% 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%

Pentium Gold 4417U 427
+18.6%
A8-8600P 360

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms A8-8600P by 19% 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%

Pentium Gold 4417U 891
A8-8600P 1007
+13%

A8-8600P outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 13% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.11 1.46
Integrated graphics card 1.84
Recency 15 February 2019 3 June 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 12 Watt

The Pentium Gold 4417U is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-8600P in performance tests.


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