AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD A8-9600
Summary
AMD Athlon X4 970
120%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon X4 970
117%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon X4 970
122%
AMD A8-9600
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970 |
| 17% higher single threaded performance. |
| Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
| Around 20% 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 970. |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon X4 970
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon X4 970
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
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| MMX | | | |
| 3DNow! | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| SSE4 | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| SSE4A | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| AES | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| AVX2 | | | |
| BMI1 | | | |
| BMI2 | | | |
| FMA3 | | | |
| FMA4 | | | |
| F16C | | | |
| TBM | | | |
| XOP | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| Turbo Core | | | |
| CnQ | | | |
| NX bit | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Architecture | AMD Excavator | vs | AMD Excavator |
| Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR4 | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Bristol Ridge | vs | Bristol Ridge |
| Release Date | Jul 2017 | vs | Sep 2016 |
Cores
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Cores | 4 | vs | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | vs | 4 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | Radeon R7 |
Cache
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 128 KB (per core) | vs | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB (per core) | vs | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 0 KB | vs | 0 KB |
Physical
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Max Case Temp | 74°C | vs | unknown |
| Package | uPGA | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | 246mm² | vs | unknown |
| Process | 28 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Performance
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | AMD A8-9600 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 3800 MHz | vs | 3100 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | 4000 MHz | vs | 3400 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | 1.475 V | vs | unknown |
| TDP | 65 W | vs | 65 W |
AMD Athlon X4 970
2760 points
AMD A8-9600
2346 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Athlon X4 970
9124 points
AMD A8-9600
7443 points
Points - higher is better
points - higher is better
points - higher is better