AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD A8-9600
Summary
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
158%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
175%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
141%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Athlon PRO 300U |
| Much higher single threaded performance (around 75% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications. |
| Much higher multi threaded performance (around 41% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
| 50 watts lower power draw. |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
| Around 58% higher average synthetic performance. |
Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600 |
| None |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD 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 | | | |
| SMT | | | |
| Precision Boost | | | |
| 3DNow! | | | |
| CnQ | | | |
| NX bit | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Architecture | AMD Zen | vs | AMD Excavator |
| Market | Mobile | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR4
Dual-channel | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Raven Ridge 2 | vs | Bristol Ridge |
| Release Date | Apr 2019 | vs | Sep 2016 |
Cores
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Cores | 2 | vs | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | vs | 4 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 | vs | Radeon R7 |
Cache
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 128K (per core) | vs | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | vs | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 4MB (shared) | vs | 0 KB |
Physical
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Socket | AMD Socket FP5 | vs | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Max Case Temp | N/A | vs | unknown |
| Package | | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Process | 14 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Performance
| AMD Athlon PRO 300U | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 2400 MHz | vs | 3100 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 3300 MHz | vs | 3400 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | N/A | vs | unknown |
| TDP | 15 W | vs | 65 W |
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
3630 points
AMD A8-9600
2346 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
6441 points
AMD A8-9600
7443 points
Points - higher is better
points - higher is better
points - higher is better