AMD PRO A6-8550B vs AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8550B and AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD PRO A6-8550B

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8550B

Around 100% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2 GHz

Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1908 vs 1631
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6677 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1908 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	6677 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8550B
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1631

1908

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1882

6677

Name	AMD PRO A6-8550B	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1631	1908
PassMark - CPU mark	1882	6677
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1632
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1632
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8550B	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1281	1287
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Zen
Launch date		February 2018
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	4
Number of threads	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		210 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Transistor count		4950 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	256
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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