AMD PRO A6-9500 vs Intel Core i5-8600T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-9500 and Intel Core i5-8600T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.70 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8600T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2279 vs 1520
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9327 vs 1784
Specifications (specs)
Launch date April 2018 vs 3 October 2016
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2279 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark 9327 vs 1784

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-9500
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8600T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1520
2279
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1784
9327
Name AMD PRO A6-9500 Intel Core i5-8600T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1520 2279
PassMark - CPU mark 1784 9327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 280.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.416
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1753
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3103
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-9500 Intel Core i5-8600T

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 3 October 2016 April 2018
OPN Tray AD950BAGM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 735 729
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Price now $373.99
Processor Number i5-8600T
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 8.59

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.30 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 2 6
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 9216 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Number of threads 6

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Processor graphics R5 Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x3E92
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 25 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 1.80 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD Secure technology
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
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot