AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD PRO A8-9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD PRO 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, 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 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 72% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2596 vs 1513
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16123 vs 3322
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
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 2596 vs 1513
PassMark - CPU mark 16123 vs 3322

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2596
1513
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16123
3322
Name AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD PRO A8-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark 2596 1513
PassMark - CPU mark 16123 3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4821
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 17.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 269.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1377
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4551

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD PRO A8-9600

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 989 1007
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD960BAGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.1 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 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 9800 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 6

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 45 Watt/65 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 900 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