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AMD A8-9600

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-9600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A8-9600 Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-9600

Description: RADEON R7, 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

TDP Down: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A8-9600 RADEON R7, 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 29.38

Overall Rank:
2466th fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2381st fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
717th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $112.49 USD (2023-04-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3305

Single Thread Rating

1486

Samples: 299*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,942
Thread: 1,573

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-9600

Integer Math	17,846 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,461 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,851 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,032 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,239 KBytes/Sec
Physics	230 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,939 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,486 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-9600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-9600		3,305

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD A8-9600		29.38
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i9-12900K		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A8-9600		1,486

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-9600
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2504993 - Mar 24 2025		3514
BL2488327 - Mar 17 2025		4008
BL2487128 - Mar 17 2025		3414
BL2459456 - Mar 05 2025		3449
BL2442205 - Feb 26 2025 [Overclocked]		3941

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-9600
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-9600		3,305
Intel Core i3-7101TE @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,956 (+19.7%)
AMD A12-9800E vs AMD A8-9600		3,471 (+5.0%)
Intel Pentium G4600T @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,062 (-7.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A8-9600		3,663 (+10.8%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD A8-9600		3,544 (+7.2%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-9600		3,393 (+2.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-9600		3,188 (-3.5%)
Intel Celeron J4105 @ 1.50GHz vs AMD A8-9600		2,904 (-12.1%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-9600		2,537 (-23.2%)
AMD Athlon 200GE vs AMD A8-9600		4,100 (+24.0%)
Intel Core i3-4370T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,361 (+1.7%)
AMD PRO A8-9600 vs AMD A8-9600		3,330 (+0.8%)

Is the AMD A8-9600 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD A8-9600		307