AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD A8-9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 109.99
$ 13.10
$ 96.89 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3189 points
122% significantly better overall score
1435 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4881 points
80% significantly better gaming score
2697 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2673 points
145% significantly better multitasking score
1088 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2565 points
145% significantly better heavy workload score
1044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.91 points
246% significantly higher Blender score
19.59 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3218 points
136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1359 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1031 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
569 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3230 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1498 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1037 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
611 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
14% 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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

512th of 1,089
828th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
A8-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 December
2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 2400G vs A8-9600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2400G 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 but the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-9600. Also, the Ryzen 5 2400G 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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