AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900 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, 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 9 PRO 3900

AMD PRO A6-9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.3 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
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2692 vs 1520
17.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31609 vs 1770

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Sep 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.3 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	6 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2692 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark	31609 vs 1770

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2692

1520

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

31609

1770

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 3900	AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	2692	1520
PassMark - CPU mark	31609	1770
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	8013
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 9 PRO 3900	AMD PRO A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Family	Ryzen 9	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	3 October 2016
OPN Tray	100-000000072	AD950BAGM23AB
Place in performance rating	678	667
Processor Number	PRO 3900
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
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	3.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	12	2
Number of threads	24
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