AMD A8-7050 vs AMD PRO A6-9500B

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-7050 and AMD PRO A6-9500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A8-7050

AMD PRO A6-9500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7050

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 90°C

Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 90°C

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500B

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 20 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-7050
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500B

Name	AMD A8-7050	AMD PRO A6-9500B
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	217.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.619
PassMark - Single thread mark		1215
PassMark - CPU mark		1357
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1769
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2567

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A8-7050	AMD PRO A6-9500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bald Eagle
Launch date	Q3'14	24 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1699	1676
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM950BADY23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	100 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
VID voltage range	1.012 V
Maximum frequency		3.2 GHz
Number of GPU cores		4
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP3 (906)	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
Processor graphics		R5
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan