AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD A8-9600

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    366%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    224%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    509%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 124% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 409% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 266% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 2600.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD A8-9600
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    4290 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    27376 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
    161.51
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
    1325.06
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24

points - higher is better