AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD PRO A10-9700B

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1947 vs 1294
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6950 vs 2545

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1947 vs 1294
PassMark - CPU mark	6950 vs 2545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1294

1947

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2545

6950

Name	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294	1947
PassMark - CPU mark	2545	6950
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		726
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2562
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2550

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	24 October 2016
OPN Tray	AM970BADY44AB	YM3500C4T4MFG
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1821	1797
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.1 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6	8
Unlocked
Compute Cores		12
L1 cache		384 KB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of threads		8
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz	2400 MHz
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	758 MHz	1200 MHz
Processor graphics	R7	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
iGPU core count		8
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
AMD SenseMI
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0