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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Ryzen 5 3500 | AMD PRO A6-8550B |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory size | 128 GB | |
Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | |
Supported memory frequency | 2133 MHz | |
Compatibility |
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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 |
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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 |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 | ||
Graphics |
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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 |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Vulkan |