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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: 29.32

Overall Rank:
2543rd fastest in multithreading out of 5126 CPUs
2448th fastest in single threading out of 5126 CPUs
741st fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3298

Single Thread Rating

1486

Samples: 301*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-9600

Integer Math	17,830 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,455 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,837 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,030 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,071 KBytes/Sec
Physics	229 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,936 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,486 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-9600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 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 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,697
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,312
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,032
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,138
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,174
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,708
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-9600		3,298

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		233.04
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.68
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		163.35
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		161.93
Intel Core i9-13900K		158.64
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.63
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD A8-9600		29.32
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-9600		1,486

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-9600
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2568142 - Apr 20 2025		2211
BL2567278 - Apr 19 2025 [Overclocked]		1708
BL2554211 - Apr 14 2025		3997
BL2552570 - Apr 14 2025		3550
BL2519933 - Mar 30 2025		3056

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-9600
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-9600		3,298
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD A8-9600		3,555 (+7.8%)
Intel Core i3-7101TE @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,956 (+19.9%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,592 (+8.9%)
AMD A12-9800E vs AMD A8-9600		3,471 (+5.2%)
Intel Pentium G4600T @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,062 (-7.2%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-9600		4,117 (+24.8%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,870 (+17.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A8-9600		3,664 (+11.1%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD A8-9600		3,558 (+7.9%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-9600		3,539 (+7.3%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-9600		3,388 (+2.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-9600		3,201 (-2.9%)

Is the AMD A8-9600 Good for Gaming?
As of 23rd of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,156
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,332
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,595
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,511
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,282
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,809
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,684
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,520
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,446
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,426
AMD A8-9600		307