Ryzen 5 3500U vs A8-6410

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Aggregate performance score

A8-6410
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.14
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.49
+294%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking22881259
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameBeema (2014)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$334 $672

Detailed specifications

A8-6410 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors930 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-6410 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)
SocketFT3bFP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTDDR4-2400 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++
FMAFMA4+
AVX++
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management-no data
VirusProtect+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1866DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels12
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 R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6410 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version2.03.0
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.

A8-6410 1.14
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.49
+294%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 294% 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%

A8-6410 1767
Ryzen 5 3500U 6950
+293%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 293% 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%

A8-6410 220
Ryzen 5 3500U 860
+291%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 291% 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%

A8-6410 583
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455
+321%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 321% 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%

A8-6410 1887
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+142%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 142% 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%

A8-6410 5872
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+193%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 193% 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%

A8-6410 2866
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+108%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 108% 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%

A8-6410 24.3
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+88.7%

A8-6410 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 89% 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%

A8-6410 2
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+274%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 274% 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%

A8-6410 165
Ryzen 5 3500U 650
+294%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 294% 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%

A8-6410 49
Ryzen 5 3500U 143
+192%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 192% 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%

A8-6410 0.6
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65
+175%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 175% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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%

A8-6410 12
Ryzen 5 3500U 39
+232%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 232% 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%

A8-6410 54
Ryzen 5 3500U 135
+148%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 148% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A8-6410 3756
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+247%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 247% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A8-6410 1277
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+170%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms A8-6410 by 170% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.14 4.49
Recency 1 June 2014 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-6410 in performance tests.


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