PRO A8-8650B vs Ryzen 3 4300U

Place in the ranking	1272	1912
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	29.53	2.94
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	27	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Die size	156 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FP6	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	6
Number of pipelines	no data	384
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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 4300U 4.70
+132%

PRO A8-8650B 2.03

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 4300U 7438
+132%

PRO A8-8650B 3208

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 4300U 1269
+191%

PRO A8-8650B 436

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 4300U 3400
+233%

PRO A8-8650B 1020

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.70	2.03
Recency	6 January 2020	29 September 2015
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Ryzen 3 4300U has a 131.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 4300U is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A8-8650B in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 4300U is a notebook processor while PRO A8-8650B is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 4300U and PRO A8-8650B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.