AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD PRO 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 5 1600 AF

AMD PRO A6-9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm

Number of cores	6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.6 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	AMD PRO A6-9500
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3343
PassMark - Single thread mark		1520
PassMark - CPU mark		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 5 1600 AF	AMD PRO A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	Q1'2020	3 October 2016
OPN Tray	YD1600BBAFBOX	AD950BAGM23AB
Place in performance rating	2384	667
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
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
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	12
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Number of GPU cores		6
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Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		R5
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
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
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0