Ryzen 3 3200U vs Pro A6-8500B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A6-8500B
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.05
Ryzen 3 3200U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.48
+136%

Ryzen 3 3200U outperforms Pro A6-8500B by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24471770
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency6.3815.08
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Picasso-U (Zen) (2019)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data26
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache1024 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0MMX, 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+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600DDR4
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
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AMD Radeon R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3
iGPU core count4no data
Number of pipelines256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U.

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.

Pro A6-8500B 1.05
Ryzen 3 3200U 2.48
+136%

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 A6-8500B 1601
Ryzen 3 3200U 3790
+137%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.05 2.48
Recency 3 June 2015 6 January 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

Ryzen 3 3200U has a 136.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 3200U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A6-8500B in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A6-8500B and Ryzen 3 3200U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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