AMD A8-9600 vs AMD FX-870K

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

0.35% slightly better overall score

1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

2728 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

0.93% slightly better multitasking score

1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

0.87% slightly better heavy workload score

1035 points

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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

3.6 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

830th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-9600 vs FX-870K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-9600 performs better than the FX-870K. Despite this, the FX-870K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-9600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-870K has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed than the A8-9600. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-870K has significantly more L2 cache than the A8-9600

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.