AMD A6-9220 vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9220 and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9220

  • CPU is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Launch date 1 June 2016 vs 3 June 2015

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1131
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1601 vs 1278
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1340 vs 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 1601 vs 1278

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9220
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1131
1340
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1278
1601
Name AMD A6-9220 AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1131 1340
PassMark - CPU mark 1278 1601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.825
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.364
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4038

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9220 AMD Pro A6-8500B

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Carrizo
Family AMD A-Series Processors AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 1 June 2016 3 June 2015
OPN Tray AM9220AYN23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1870 1900
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 1.6 GHz
Compute Cores 5 6
Die size 124.5 mm
L1 cache 160 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 1200 Million 3100 Million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 / DDR3L-1600

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 655 MHz 800 MHz
iGPU core count 3 256
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Number of pipelines 256
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 BGA FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

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
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect