AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD PRO A12-9800 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, 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 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 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 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2598 vs 1686
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16136 vs 3705
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 4
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 2598 vs 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 16136 vs 3705

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2598
1686
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16136
3705
Name AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD PRO A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2598 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 16136 3705
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 279.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 131.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1715

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD PRO A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 997 995
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD980BAUM44AB
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

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Die size 156 mm²
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 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 9800 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

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

Compatibility

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

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0