AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD A6-9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 Ryzen 3 3100

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2420 vs 1624
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11596 vs 1869
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 May 2020 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2420 vs 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 11596 vs 1869

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3100
CPU 2: AMD A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2420
1624
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11596
1869
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3100 AMD A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 2420 1624
PassMark - CPU mark 11596 1869
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2982
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 Ryzen 3 3100 AMD A6-9500

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Bristol Ridge
Launch date 7 May 2020 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $64
Place in performance rating 1214 1191
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD9500AGABBOX
OPN Tray AD9500AGM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $56.83
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 15.52

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 8
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 8

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)