AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE vs AMD A8-9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and AMD A8-9600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE

AMD A8-9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.0 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: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2240 vs 1488
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8285 vs 3308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Sep 2019 vs 27 July 2017
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2240 vs 1488
PassMark - CPU mark	8285 vs 3308

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-9600

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE
CPU 2: AMD A8-9600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2240

1488

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8285

3308

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE	AMD A8-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark	2240	1488
PassMark - CPU mark	8285	3308
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		475
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1409
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
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 PRO 3400GE	AMD A8-9600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Bristol Ridge
Family	Ryzen 5	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	YD340BC6M4MFH	AD9600AGM44AB
Place in performance rating	1089	1083
Processor Number	PRO 3400GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$78
OPN PIB		AD9600AGABBOX
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	3.3 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	4940 million	1178 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		10
Die size		246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		6
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	43.71 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	11
Graphics max frequency	1300 MHz	900 MHz
Number of pipelines	704
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 11	Radeon R7 Series
Enduro
iGPU core count		6
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP-down	25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	8
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4
Total number of SATA ports	4
USB revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)