AMD A8-7600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A8-7000 AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  AMD A AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.5 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  8 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2014 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  28 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 840 and AMD A8-7600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR2-1066
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-7600 and AMD Phenom II X4 840 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-7600 and AMD Phenom II X4 840, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Deneb (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q1/2011
• Socket
  FM2+ AM3
• Technology
  28 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V