Ryzen 7 PRO 250 vs A6-9500E
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 250 outperforms A6-9500E by a whopping 1146% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2694 | 695 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) |
| Power efficiency | 3.03 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 27 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 8 MB + 16 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | USB 4, Ryzen AI (16 TOPS), AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR5 |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz) |
| iGPU core count | 4 | no data |
| Enduro | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9500E and Ryzen 7 PRO 250.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.99 | 12.34 |
| Recency | 27 July 2017 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 8 Watt |
Ryzen 7 PRO 250 has a 1146.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 337.5% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 250 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-9500E in performance tests.
Note that A6-9500E is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 250 is a notebook one.
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