AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD PRO A6-9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 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
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3190 vs 1520
  • 11.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19872 vs 1784
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Apr 2021 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3190 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 19872 vs 1784

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3190
1520
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19872
1784
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600G AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 3190 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 19872 1784
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 280.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.416

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G AMD PRO A6-9500

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3
Launch date 13 Apr 2021 3 October 2016
OPN Tray 100-000000252 AD950BAGM23AB
Place in performance rating 730 735
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of GPU cores 7 6
Number of threads 12
Unlocked

Memory

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

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1900 MHz
iGPU core count 7
Processor graphics Radeon Graphics R5
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45-65 Watt 45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

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