Ryzen 5 3500U vs A6-7000

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Aggregate performance score

A6-7000
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.64
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.37
+583%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-7000 by a whopping 583% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27751354
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency3.5427.43
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3FP5
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
iGPU core count3no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-7000 0.64
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.37
+583%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-7000 1010
Ryzen 5 3500U 6938
+587%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 4.37
Recency 1 June 2014 6 January 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 582.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-7000 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7000 and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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