Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.38
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.43
+221%

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a whopping 221% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22321335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency3.7127.80
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 speed1.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Number of transistors3100 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 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)12-35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
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 A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 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 R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.

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 A8-8600B 1.38
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 4.43
+221%

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 A8-8600B 2190
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 7033
+221%

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 A8-8600B 440
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 915
+108%

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 A8-8600B 1011
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 2623
+159%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Pro A8-8600B 181
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 624
+245%

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 A8-8600B 69
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 142
+106%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 4.43
Recency 3 June 2015 8 April 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has 25% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has a 221% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.


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