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).

 

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 1624
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3693 vs 1869
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 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 3693 vs 1869

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
1624
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3693
1869
Name AMD Athlon PRO 200GE AMD A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 1736 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 3693 1869
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 1212 1191
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