AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD A8-6500T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD A8-6500T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 71.30°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1231 vs 1139
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2657 vs 1983
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
L1 cache 256K vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 vs 1139
PassMark - CPU mark 2657 vs 1983

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-6500T

  • 1048576x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
L2 cache 4 MB vs 4MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD A8-6500T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1231
1139
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2657
1983
Name AMD Athlon X4 850 AMD A8-6500T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 1139
PassMark - CPU mark 2657 1983
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 850 AMD A8-6500T

Essentials

Architecture codename Godaveri
Launch date Jul 2015
Place in performance rating 1986 1954
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD650TYHHLBOX
OPN Tray AD650TYHA44HL
Series AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Die size 245 mm²
L1 cache 256K 192 KB
L2 cache 4MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 90°C 71.30°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 2,411 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)

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

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