Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.42
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.65
+580%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a whopping 580% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2117744
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoCezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$500 no data

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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
SocketFP4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, PRO, 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-NI1+
FMAFMA4+
AVXAVX+
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID+no data
HSA+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 7
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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 1.42
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 9.65
+580%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 580% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 2190
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 14921
+581%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 581% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 458
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 1592
+248%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 248% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 1052
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5487
+422%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 422% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 2111
+94141%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 2

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U by 94141% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 5885
+47093%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 12

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U by 47093% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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%

Pro A8-8600B 18.78
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 8.21
+129%

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U by 129% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 2
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 14
+551%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 551% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 181
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 1207
+567%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 567% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 69
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 218
+216%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 216% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 0.81
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 2.6
+221%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 221% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 1.3
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 7.9
+508%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 508% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 1330
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5905
+344%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 344% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

Pro A8-8600B 14
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 71
+423%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 423% 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%

Pro A8-8600B 68
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 216
+220%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 220% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.42 9.65
Recency 3 June 2015 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.


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