AMD PRO A6-9500E vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-9500E and AMD Ryzen 7 2700 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), 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500E

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 2700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2179 vs 1493
  • 9.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15719 vs 1662
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2018 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2179 vs 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 15719 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-9500E
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 2700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1493
2179
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1662
15719
Name AMD PRO A6-9500E AMD Ryzen 7 2700
PassMark - Single thread mark 1493 2179
PassMark - CPU mark 1662 15719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.607
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 258.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.808
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3550
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3550
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 940
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6255
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4136

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-9500E AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 3 October 2016 19 April 2018
OPN Tray AD950BAHM23AB
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 1312 1315
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Zen+
Launch price (MSRP) $299
OPN PIB YD2700BBAFBOX
Price now $265.99
Value for money (0-100) 16.67

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 3.2 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm FinFET
Maximum core temperature 90°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 213 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L3 cache 16 MB
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4940 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Processor graphics R5
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Wraith Spire with RGB LED

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16

Advanced Technologies

AMD Secure technology
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
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
AMD Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0