A4-1350 vs Phenom X3 8600

Place in the ranking	2640	2808
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	0.76	6.74
Architecture codename	Toliman (2008)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	18 October 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350 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	3 (Tri-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	3	4
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Die size	285 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	450 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350 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	AM2+	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 8210

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.

Phenom X3 8600 0.76
+33.3%

A4-1350 0.57

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.

Phenom X3 8600 1210
+32.8%

A4-1350 911

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.76	0.57
Physical cores	3	4
Threads	3	4
Chip lithography	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	8 Watt

Phenom X3 8600 has a 33.3% higher aggregate performance score.

A4-1350, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 1087.5% lower power consumption.

The Phenom X3 8600 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-1350 in performance tests.

Note that Phenom X3 8600 is a desktop processor while A4-1350 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom X3 8600 and A4-1350, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.