AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and AMD PRO A6-9500 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, 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 PRO 3700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 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 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
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2681 vs 1520
  • 12.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22830 vs 1784
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 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 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 22830 vs 1784

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2681
1520
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
22830
1784
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 22830 1784
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 PRO 3700 AMD PRO A6-9500

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Family Ryzen 7 AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 3 October 2016
OPN Tray 100-000000073 AD950BAGM23AB
Place in performance rating 699 717
Processor Number PRO 3700
Series 3000 AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 32 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 8 2
Number of threads 16
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 6

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Processor graphics R5
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan
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