AMD A12-9800 vs AMD A8-6600K

AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800
AMD A8-6600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    102%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    107%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    102%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

7% higher single threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsRichland
Release DateSep 2016vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsRadeon HD 8570D

Cache

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A12-9800AMD A8-6600K
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs100 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    7803 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    319
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    310.1

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    89
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    95.45

points - higher is better