AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD A6-9500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A6-9500

Price

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$ 79.99

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$ 29.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

190% significantly better overall score

790 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

142% significantly better gaming score

1734 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

209% significantly better multitasking score

567 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

205% significantly better heavy workload score

550 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

237% significantly higher Blender score

12.14 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

200% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

929 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

624 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

197% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

957 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

641 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

1,006th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

A6-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2016 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs A6-9500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 1200 performs better than the A6-9500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-9500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A6-9500 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-9500. Our comparison shows that the A6-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the A6-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A6-9500

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.