AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD PRO A10-9700E

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD PRO A10-9700E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2503 vs 1418
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13160 vs 2985
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1175 vs 493
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5292 vs 1490
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Nov 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2503 vs 1418
PassMark - CPU mark 13160 vs 2985
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1175 vs 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5292 vs 1490

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700E

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2503
1418
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13160
2985
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1175
493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
5292
1490
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD PRO A10-9700E
PassMark - Single thread mark 2503 1418
PassMark - CPU mark 13160 2985
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1175 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5292 1490
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3834
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 248.331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 74.999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD PRO A10-9700E

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date Nov 2019 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $170
Place in performance rating 1248 1245
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD970BAHM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 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 3.6 GHz 3 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 100 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
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

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 847 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0