Ryzen 5 3500U vs PRO A8-9600B

Aggregate performance score

PRO A8-9600B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.44
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+203%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms PRO A8-9600B by a whopping 203% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21891359
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesBristol RidgeAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency9.0927.51
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A8-9600B 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 speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size250 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A8-9600B 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)
SocketFP4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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+
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
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 R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A8-9600B and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes812

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.

PRO A8-9600B 1.44
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+203%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 2292
Ryzen 5 3500U 6931
+202%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 419
Ryzen 5 3500U 862
+106%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 1038
Ryzen 5 3500U 2482
+139%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 2336
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+95.1%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 5703
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+202%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 2930
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+103%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 16.76
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+30.1%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 2
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+218%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

PRO A8-9600B 203
Ryzen 5 3500U 650
+220%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 71
Ryzen 5 3500U 143
+101%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 0.84
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65
+96.4%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 1.5
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4
+193%

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.

PRO A8-9600B 1444
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455
+70%

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.  

PRO A8-9600B 13
Ryzen 5 3500U 39
+194%

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.  

PRO A8-9600B 70
Ryzen 5 3500U 135
+92.6%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

PRO A8-9600B 4764
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+174%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

PRO A8-9600B 1965
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+75.2%

Geekbench 2

PRO A8-9600B 5124
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917
+133%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

PRO A8-9600B 4389
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597
+141%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

PRO A8-9600B 1991
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669
+84.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.44 4.36
Recency 1 June 2016 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 202.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A8-9600B in performance tests.


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