AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD Pro A12-8800B

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-9500B and AMD Pro A12-8800B 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 5.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1769 vs 321
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2567 vs 747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 October 2016 vs 3 June 2015
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1769 vs 321
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2567 vs 747

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A12-8800B

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1315 vs 1215
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2580 vs 1357
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1315 vs 1215
PassMark - CPU mark 2580 vs 1357

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-9500B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A12-8800B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1215
1315
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1357
2580
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1769
321
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2567
747
Name AMD PRO A6-9500B AMD Pro A12-8800B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1215 1315
PassMark - CPU mark 1357 2580
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1769 321
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2567 747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 207.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-9500B AMD Pro A12-8800B

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 24 October 2016 3 June 2015
OPN Tray AM950BADY23AB
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 1676 1661
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Carrizo

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 12
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 3100 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-2133

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz 800 MHz
Processor graphics R5 AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
iGPU core count 512
Number of pipelines 512

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
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0