Let’s compare the main specs of the reviewed CPUs on the next page. We used a GeForce GTX 1080 video card in all tests. We also included the Ryzen 3 1200, in order to have an idea of the performance difference between two similar CPUs that use the same socket but different architectures, the Core i3-7100, the Core i5-7400 ( read about it here), the Core i5-8400, and the Ryzen 5 1500X ( review here).

So, the A8-9600, even using the AM4 socket, is not a Ryzen 3 CPU with integrated video, but an older CPU adapted for the new socket.įigure 1 shows the package of the A8-9600.įigure 3: The A8-9600 CPU The underside of the CPU can be seen in Figure 4.įor our benchmarks, we compared the A8-9600 to the Pentium G4600, which is close, in price, to the tested CPU. Instead, they are based on the Bristol Ridge core, that uses Excavator architecture, the same used, for example, on the Athlon X4 845, which we tested in 2016. However, the A8-9600 (and the other models launched with it) do not use the newer Zen architecture (used on Ryzen CPUs,). It has four cores, 3.1 GHz base clock, 3.4 GHz turbo clock, TDP of 65 W (optionally settable to 45 W,) and Radeon R7 integrated graphics engine. When AMD announced the AM4 socket, they said it would support Ryzen CPUs and the future seventh-gen APUs (APU, that stands for Accelerated Processing Unit, is how AMD calls their CPUs with integrated video.) The A8-9600 is one of the middle models of these APUs. The A8-9600 is one of the new seventh-gen APUs from AMD, using the AM4 socket, with four cores, 3.4 GHz maximum clock, and TDP of 65 W.

8gb vs 16gb ram a8 9600