A8-4500M vs Ryzen 5 8600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	374	2315
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.78	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Phoenix	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$512	$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	4.3 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	4 nm	32 nm
Die size	178 mm2	246 mm2
Number of transistors	25,000 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M 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	AM5	FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M. 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, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

unknown

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon 760M

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and A8-4500M.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no 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.

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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.

Ryzen 5 8600G outperforms A8-4500M by 1405% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	16.40	1.09
Integrated graphics card	15.30	1.19
Recency	8 January 2024	15 May 2012
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	4 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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