AMD A8-6500T vs AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-6500T and AMD Athlon II X3 400e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-6500T

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1139 vs 908
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1983 vs 1320
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1139 vs 908
PassMark - CPU mark 1983 vs 1320

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 400e

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-6500T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 400e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1139
908
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1983
1320
Name AMD A8-6500T AMD Athlon II X3 400e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1139 908
PassMark - CPU mark 1983 1320
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 139.953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.578
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3137

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-6500T AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Essentials

Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD650TYHHLBOX
OPN Tray AD650TYHA44HL
Place in performance rating 1948 1973
Series AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Rana
Launch date October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $107
Price now $107.43
Value for money (0-100) 5.51

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm SOI 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.30°C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
iGPU core count 256
Processor graphics AMD Radeon HD 8550D
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 11

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0