AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and AMD PRO A6-8550B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 3000G

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1981 vs 1631
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4477 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1981 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4477 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1981

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4477

1882

Name	AMD Athlon 3000G	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1981	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4477	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 3000G	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	7 Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$49
OPN PIB	YD3000C6FHBOX
OPN Tray	YD3000C6M2OFH	AD855BYBI23JC
Place in performance rating	1275	1281
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	71.30°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
Compute Cores		6
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	3
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	256
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4
Total number of SATA ports	4
USB revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0