AMD A8-9600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B50

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

1470 points

1534 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2763 points

2816 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1115 points

1171 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1070 points

1124 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

Identical

3.1 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

837th of 1,120

823rd of 1,120

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 Phenom II X4 B50 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 B50 beats the A8-9600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the A8-9600 and Phenom II X4 B50 have the same clock speed. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

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.