AMD Athlon PRO 200GE vs AMD A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and AMD A6-9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

AMD A6-9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1736 vs 1625
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3693 vs 1870

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736 vs 1625
PassMark - CPU mark	3693 vs 1870

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9500

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
CPU 2: AMD A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1736

1625

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3693

1870

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	AMD A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736	1625
PassMark - CPU mark	3693	1870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	318.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.533
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		484
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		800
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6783
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6783

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	AMD A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Bristol Ridge
Family	AMD Athlon PRO Processors	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	June 2018	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	YD200BC6M2OFB	AD9500AGM23AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1209	1189
Series	AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64
OPN PIB		AD9500AGABBOX
Price now		$56.83
Value for money (0-100)		15.52
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Compute Cores	5	8
Die size	192 mm	246 mm
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	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	4800 million	1178 million
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	1029 MHz
iGPU core count	3	6
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Radeon R5 Series
Enduro
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45/65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics API support
DirectX		DirectX® 12
Vulkan