AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD PRO A12-9800E 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 3600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2566 vs 1508
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17742 vs 3175
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2566 vs 1508
PassMark - CPU mark 17742 vs 3175

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800E

  • 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 3600
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2566
1508
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17742
3175
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD PRO A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark 2566 1508
PassMark - CPU mark 17742 3175
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 242.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3472

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD PRO A12-9800E

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date March 2019 3 October 2016
Place in performance rating 1136 1131
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD980BAHM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4
Max memory channels 2
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 900 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