AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD A8-9600

AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    112%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    111%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    112%
  • AMD A8-9600
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

11% higher single threaded performance.
12% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 12% 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 Athlon X4 950.

AMD Athlon X4 950

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon X4 950

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameBristol RidgevsBristol Ridge
Release DateSep 2016vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon X4 950AMD A8-9600
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points
  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    80.52
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    293.82
  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24

points - higher is better