AMD A6-7480 vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-7480 and AMD PRO A6-8550B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD A6-7480

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-7480

Around 94900% higher clock speed: 3800 MHz vs 4 GHz

Maximum frequency	3800 MHz vs 4 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8550B

Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1631 vs 1558
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1882 vs 1836

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1631 vs 1558
PassMark - CPU mark	1882 vs 1836

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-7480
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1836

1882

Name	AMD A6-7480	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	1836	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-7480	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Excavator
Place in performance rating	1567	1211
Processor Number	A6-7480
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3500 MHz	3.7 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3800 MHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Compute Cores		6
Maximum core temperature		71.30°C
Number of GPU cores		4
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	900 MHz
Processor graphics	Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		256
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0