AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD A8-9600

AMD Athlon 3000G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Nov 2019
AMD Athlon 3000G
AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    172%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    191%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    153%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon 3000G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 91% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 53% 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 72% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

None

AMD Athlon 3000G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon 3000G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Athlon 3000G

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon 3000G

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
Release DateNov 2019vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 3vsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackageµPGAvsuPGA
Die Size148mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon 3000GAMD A8-9600
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP35 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    3850 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon 3000G
    9394 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
    138.21
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon 3000G (simulated)
    398.61
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24

points - higher is better