AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT and AMD PRO A6-9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics API support, 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).

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

AMD PRO A6-9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.7 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2803 vs 1520
13.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23608 vs 1784

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.7 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2803 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark	23608 vs 1784

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500

Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2803

1520

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23608

1784

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT	AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	2803	1520
PassMark - CPU mark	23608	1784
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6338
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 7 3800XT	AMD PRO A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$400
OPN PIB	100-100000279WOF
Place in performance rating	761	734
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD950BAGM23AB
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
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	32 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	4.7 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	16
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Number of GPU cores		6
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD StoreMI technology
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
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		R5
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0