AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and AMD PRO A6-8550B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 6 vs 2
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2501 vs 1631
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12785 vs 1882
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2501 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 12785 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2501
1631
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12785
1882
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2501 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 12785 1882
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3866
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1128
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD PRO A6-8550B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $155
Place in performance rating 1277 1281
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD855BYBI23JC
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 A6 APU for Desktops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 100 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 4 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 2
Compute Cores 6
Maximum core temperature 71.30°C
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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 Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
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

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 256
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan