AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD A6-9500E

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 2700 and AMD A6-9500E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 2700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 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: 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2179 vs 1347
  • 8.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15699 vs 1756
  • Around 88% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6255 vs 3331
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2179 vs 1347
PassMark - CPU mark 15699 vs 1756
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6255 vs 3331

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9500E

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2240 vs 940
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2240 vs 940

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 2700
CPU 2: AMD A6-9500E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2179
1347
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15699
1756
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
940
2240
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6255
3331
Name AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD A6-9500E
PassMark - Single thread mark 2179 1347
PassMark - CPU mark 15699 1756
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 940 2240
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6255 3331
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4116

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD A6-9500E

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 19 April 2018 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $299
OPN PIB YD2700BBAFBOX AD9500AHABBOX
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1392 1407
Price now $265.99 $59.99
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 16.67 14.32
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN Tray AD9500AHM23AB

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3 GHz
Die size 213 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm FinFET 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4940 Million 1178 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores 6
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of GPU cores 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4-2400

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Spire with RGB LED

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 8

Advanced Technologies

AMD Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan