A4-1200 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1050	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.91	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Temash (2013)
Release date	29 June 2017 (7 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$57	$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	1 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	192 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1066
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon HD 8180

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 and A4-1200.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 June 2017	23 May 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	4 Watt

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