AMD Ryzen 5 3580U vs AMD PRO A6-9500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3580U and AMD PRO A6-9500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3580U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1970 vs 1215
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7236 vs 1357
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2587 vs 2567
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 vs 24 October 2016
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1970 vs 1215
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 vs 1357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2587 vs 2567

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500B

  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1769 vs 706
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1769 vs 706

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1970
1215
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7236
1357
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
706
1769
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2587
2567
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD PRO A6-9500B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1970 1215
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 1357
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 706 1769
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2587 2567

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD PRO A6-9500B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 24 October 2016
Place in performance rating 1683 1676
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM950BADY23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.1 GHz 2.3 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of GPU cores 9 4
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 4500 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 1866 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1300 MHz
iGPU core count 9
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 9 Graphics R5
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt 12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported AM4 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0