AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD A8-6500. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G AMD A8-6000
• Family
  Ryzen AMD A
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  4 3
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 4600G -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 11.2
• Execution units
  7 4
• Generation
  9 5
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8570D
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  7 -
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2013
• Shader
  448 256
• Technology
  7 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-6500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR3-1866
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  24 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD A8-6500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  45-65 W -
• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP down
  45 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD A8-6500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Richland (Piledriver)
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000252BOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  100-100000252MPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000252 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2021-04-13 Q2/2013
• Socket
  AM4 FM2
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 32 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V