A10-9600P vs Celeron G3920

The A10-9600P packs 4 cores / 4 threads, while the Celeron G3920 offers 2 cores / 2 threads — the A10-9600P has 2 more cores. Boost clocks reach 3.3 GHz on the A10-9600P versus 2.9 GHz on the Celeron G3920 — a 12.9% clock advantage for the A10-9600P (base: 2.4 GHz vs 2.9 GHz). The A10-9600P uses the Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) architecture (28 nm), while the Celeron G3920 uses Skylake (2015−2016) (14 nm). In PassMark, the A10-9600P scores 2,333 against the Celeron G3920's 2,358 — a 1.1% lead for the Celeron G3920. Geekbench 6 single-core — the metric most relevant to gaming — records 469 vs 699, a 39.4% lead for the Celeron G3920 that directly translates to higher frame rates.

The A10-9600P uses the FP4 socket (PCIe 3.0), while the Celeron G3920 uses LGA1151 (PCIe 3.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard. Both support up to DDR4-1866 memory speed. The Celeron G3920 supports up to 64 GB of RAM compared to 16 GB — 120% more capacity for professional workloads. Both feature 2-channel memory with ECC support. PCIe lanes: 8 (A10-9600P) vs 16 (Celeron G3920) — the Celeron G3920 offers 8 more lanes for additional GPUs or NVMe drives.

Neither processor supports overclocking. Virtualization support: AMD-V (A10-9600P) vs VT-x (Celeron G3920). Both include integrated graphics — Radeon R5 (A10-9600P) and HD Graphics 510 (Celeron G3920) — useful as a fallback for troubleshooting or display output without a dedicated GPU. Primary use case: A10-9600P targets Laptop, Celeron G3920 targets Budget. Direct competitor: A10-9600P rivals Core i3-6006U; Celeron G3920 rivals Pentium G4400.

The A10-9600P launched at $128 MSRP, while the Celeron G3920 debuted at $40. At current prices ($50 vs $30), the Celeron G3920 is $20 cheaper. In terms of value (PassMark points per dollar), the A10-9600P delivers 46.7 pts/$ vs 78.6 pts/$ for the Celeron G3920 — making the Celeron G3920 the 51% better value option.