PRO A6-9500 vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3250U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.44
+114%
PRO A6-9500
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
1.14

Ryzen 3 3250U outperforms PRO A6-9500 by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17672384
Place by popularity96not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency15.141.63
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)3 October 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1024 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size246 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C90 °C
Number of transistors4500 Million3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 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 configuration11
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Enduro-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 2.44
+114%
PRO A6-9500 1.14

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 3808
+113%
PRO A6-9500 1784

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 749
+21%
PRO A6-9500 619

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.

Ryzen 3 3250U 1455
+63.9%
PRO A6-9500 888

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.44 1.14
Recency 6 January 2020 3 October 2016
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 3 3250U has a 114% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 3250U is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A6-9500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 3250U is a notebook processor while PRO A6-9500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3250U and PRO A6-9500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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