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).

AMD PRO A6-9500B

AMD Pro A12-8800B

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 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1315 vs 1235
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2580 vs 1371

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 1235
PassMark - CPU mark	2580 vs 1371

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1235

1315

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1371

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	1235	1315
PassMark - CPU mark	1371	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	1583	1595
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