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).

 

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: 2801 vs 1520
  • 13.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23599 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 2801 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 23599 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
2801
1520
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23599
1784
Name AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 2801 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 23599 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 763 735
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