AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE and AMD PRO A6-9500 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 4200GE

AMD PRO A6-9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.8 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: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2540 vs 1520
6.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10930 vs 1770

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95° C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2540 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark	10930 vs 1770

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2540

1520

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10930

1770

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE	AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	2540	1520
PassMark - CPU mark	10930	1770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		280.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.416

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4200GE	AMD PRO A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Launch date	Q3'2020	3 October 2016
Place in performance rating	802	667
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD950BAGM23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95° C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	9800 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores		6
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1700 MHz
Number of pipelines	384
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000)	R5
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	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 Secure technology
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan