Ryzen 9 3900X vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.42
Ryzen 9 3900X
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 125 Watt
21.11
+1387%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a whopping 1387% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2117238
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data33.34
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen 9
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499
Current price$500 $403 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data64 MB
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI1+
FMAFMA4no data
AVXAVX+
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no 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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphics-
iGPU core count6-
Number of pipelines384-
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics1-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan1-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X.

PCIe version3.0no 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 A8-8600B 1.42
Ryzen 9 3900X 21.11
+1387%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 1387% 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 A8-8600B 2190
Ryzen 9 3900X 32647
+1391%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 1391% 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 A8-8600B 458
Ryzen 9 3900X 1695
+270%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 270% 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 A8-8600B 1052
Ryzen 9 3900X 9936
+844%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 844% 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 A8-8600B 2111
Ryzen 9 3900X 6019
+185%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 185% 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 A8-8600B 5885
Ryzen 9 3900X 45539
+674%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 674% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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 A8-8600B 18.78
Ryzen 9 3900X 2.69
+598%

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Ryzen 9 3900X by 598% 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 A8-8600B 2
Ryzen 9 3900X 34
+1454%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 1454% 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 A8-8600B 181
Ryzen 9 3900X 3049
+1585%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 1585% 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 A8-8600B 69
Ryzen 9 3900X 207
+200%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 200% 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 A8-8600B 0.81
Ryzen 9 3900X 2.36
+191%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 191% 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 A8-8600B 1.3
Ryzen 9 3900X 10.8
+727%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 727% 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 A8-8600B 1330
Ryzen 9 3900X 7534
+466%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 466% 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 A8-8600B 14
Ryzen 9 3900X 147
+989%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 989% 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 A8-8600B 68
Ryzen 9 3900X 268
+296%

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 296% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.42 21.11
Recency 3 June 2015 7 July 2019
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 125 Watt

The Ryzen 9 3900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A8-8600B is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 9 3900X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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