AMD A6-8500P vs AMD Turion II N530

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-8500P and AMD Turion II N530 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A6-8500P

AMD Turion II N530

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-8500P

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1253 vs 968
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1445 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2015 vs 12 May 2010
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1253 vs 968
PassMark - CPU mark	1445 vs 855

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N530

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-8500P
CPU 2: AMD Turion II N530

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1253

968

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1445

855

Name	AMD A6-8500P	AMD Turion II N530
PassMark - Single thread mark	1253	968
PassMark - CPU mark	1445	855
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1453
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2232

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-8500P	AMD Turion II N530
Essentials
Architecture codename	Carrizo	Champlain
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 June 2015	12 May 2010
OPN Tray	AM850PAAY23KA
Place in performance rating	1999	1984
Series	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops	AMD Turion II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Price now		$30
Value for money (0-100)		15.55
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	4
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	3100 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		265 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory types	DDR3
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP4	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0