AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD A8-9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD A8-9600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 4500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
  • 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
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2595 vs 1487
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16129 vs 3304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2595 vs 1487
PassMark - CPU mark 16129 vs 3304

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
CPU 2: AMD A8-9600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2595
1487
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16129
3304
Name AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD A8-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark 2595 1487
PassMark - CPU mark 16129 3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4815 0
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 475
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 129.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.198
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 9707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 9707

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD A8-9600

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Bristol Ridge
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $78
Place in performance rating 1080 1075
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD9600AGABBOX
OPN Tray AD9600AGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $64.99
Series AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 22.69

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.1 GHz
Die size 156 mm² 246 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 9800 million 1178 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 10
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of GPU cores 6

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt 45/65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x8

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)