AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD PRO A10-9700B

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2545 vs 1601

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2016 vs 3 June 2015
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2545 vs 1601

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1294

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 1294

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1294

1340

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2545

1601

Name	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294	1340
PassMark - CPU mark	2545	1601

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Pro A6-8500B
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	24 October 2016	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	AM970BADY44AB
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	1916	1900
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Carrizo
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		6
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz	1600 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	758 MHz	800 MHz
Processor graphics	R7	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
iGPU core count		256
Number of pipelines		256
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0