AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 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, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2505 vs 1631
7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13177 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	2505 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	13177 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2505

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13177

1882

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2505	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	13177	1882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1175
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5292
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3860
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 3500X	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Launch date	Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$170
Place in performance rating	1220	1211
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	32 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