AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G vs AMD PRO A10-8850B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G and AMD PRO A10-8850B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G

AMD PRO A10-8850B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95° C vs 72.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2564 vs 1611
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11315 vs 3752

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	95° C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2564 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark	11315 vs 3752

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8850B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2564

1611

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11315

3752

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G	AMD PRO A10-8850B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2564	1611
PassMark - CPU mark	11315	3752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		94.575

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200G	AMD PRO A10-8850B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Launch date	Q3'2020
Place in performance rating	886	888
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD885BXBI44JC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95° C	72.40°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	4.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Transistor count	9800 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores		12
Number of GPU cores		8
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1700 MHz
Number of pipelines	384
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000)	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		512
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP6	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan