Celeron G3900E vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2094	2149
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.12
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	3 June 2015 (8 years ago)	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107
Current price	$500	$135 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	no data
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
HSA	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 510
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E 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 A8-8600B and Celeron G3900E.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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 A8-8600B outperforms Celeron G3900E by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.42	1.32
Integrated graphics card		1.36
Recency	3 June 2015	2 January 2016
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt

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