AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD PRO A4-8350B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and AMD PRO A4-8350B 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 14 more threads: 16 vs 2
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2652 vs 1433
  • 11x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18191 vs 1651
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2652 vs 1433
PassMark - CPU mark 18191 vs 1651

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A4-8350B

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
CPU 2: AMD PRO A4-8350B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2652
1433
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18191
1651
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD PRO A4-8350B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2652 1433
PassMark - CPU mark 18191 1651
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1240
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6918
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2028
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2028
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5655

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD PRO A4-8350B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date March 2019
Place in performance rating 1100 1114
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD835BYBI23JC
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 A4 APU for Desktops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 16 2
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores 6
Maximum core temperature 71.30°C
Number of GPU cores 4

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
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 757 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