Ryzen 5 3500U vs A6-9225

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Aggregate performance score

A6-9225
2018
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.86
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.49
+422%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by a whopping 422% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-9225 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking24521252
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date1 June 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$451 $672

Detailed specifications

A6-9225 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 speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache160 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size124.5 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1200 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A6-9225 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)
SocketBGAFP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9225 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2133 RAM (1 channel), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRANDDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, 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++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9225 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9225 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9225 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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.

A6-9225 0.86
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.49
+422%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 422% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-9225 1331
Ryzen 5 3500U 6950
+422%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 422% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-9225 271
Ryzen 5 3500U 860
+217%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 217% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-9225 453
Ryzen 5 3500U 2454
+442%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 442% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A6-9225 2532
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+80%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 80% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6-9225 4193
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+311%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 311% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6-9225 2132
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+179%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 179% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A6-9225 26.28
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+104%

A6-9225 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 104% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A6-9225 1
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+515%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 515% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A6-9225 109
Ryzen 5 3500U 650
+499%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 499% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A6-9225 73
Ryzen 5 3500U 143
+95.9%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 96% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A6-9225 0.85
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65
+94.1%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 94% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-9225 1
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4
+336%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 336% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-9225 852
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455
+188%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 188% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-9225 9
Ryzen 5 3500U 39
+331%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 331% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-9225 49
Ryzen 5 3500U 135
+176%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 176% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A6-9225 3103
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+320%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 320% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A6-9225 1855
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+85.6%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 86% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A6-9225 3936
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917
+203%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 203% in Geekbench 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

A6-9225 3035
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597
+249%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 249% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

A6-9225 1920
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669
+91.1%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A6-9225 by 91% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.86 4.49
Integrated graphics card 1.17 4.49
Recency 1 June 2018 6 January 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9225 in performance tests.


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