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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

AMD PRO A10-9700E

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 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2504 vs 1431
4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13169 vs 2997
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	2504 vs 1431
PassMark - CPU mark	13169 vs 2997
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

2504

1431

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13169

2997

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	2504	1431
PassMark - CPU mark	13169	2997
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	1244
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