AMD A8-7600 vs AMD A8-9600

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A8-9600

Price

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$ 82.49

$ 13.10

$ 69.39 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1357 points

1435 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2567 points

2697 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1027 points

1088 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

986 points

1044 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.02 points

19.59 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1150 points

1359 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

456 points

569 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1045 points

1498 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

429 points

611 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

Identical

3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

852nd of 1,089

828th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 July

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A8-7600 vs A8-9600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-7600 performs better than the A8-9600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-9600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A8-7600 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the A8-7600 and A8-9600 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the A8-7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A8-7600 has more L2 cache than the A8-9600

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.