AMD Pro A6-8500B vs AMD Phenom II X2 P650
Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A6-8500B and AMD Phenom II X2 P650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B
- CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
- Around 7% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
- Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 985
- Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1601 vs 933
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 June 2015 vs 19 October 2010 |
Number of threads | 4 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 2.8 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 45 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 35 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1340 vs 985 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1601 vs 933 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 P650
- 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache | 2 MB vs 1 MB |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Pro A6-8500B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 P650
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Pro A6-8500B | AMD Phenom II X2 P650 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1340 | 985 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1601 | 933 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1527 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 2644 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Pro A6-8500B | AMD Phenom II X2 P650 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Carrizo | Champlain |
Family | AMD PRO A-Series Processors | AMD Phenom |
Launch date | 3 June 2015 | 19 October 2010 |
OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
Place in performance rating | 1901 | 1914 |
Series | AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops | AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processors |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
OPN Tray | HMP650SGR23GM | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 1.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Compute Cores | 6 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 2 |
Number of GPU cores | 4 | |
Number of threads | 4 | 2 |
Transistor count | 3100 Million | |
Unlocked | ||
Front-side bus (FSB) | 3600 MHz | |
L1 cache | 256 KB | |
Maximum core temperature | 100°C | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | |
Supported memory frequency | 1600 MHz | |
Supported memory types | DDR3 / DDR3L-1600 | DDR3 |
Graphics |
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Enduro | ||
Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 256 | |
Number of pipelines | 256 | |
Processor graphics | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics | |
Switchable graphics | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Codec Engine (VCE) | ||
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | FP4 | S1 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD App Acceleration | ||
AMD Elite Experiences | ||
AMD HD3D technology | ||
AMD Mantle API | ||
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC) | ||
FreeSync | ||
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Out-of-band client management | ||
PowerGating | ||
PowerNow | ||
RAID | ||
System Image Stability | ||
TrueAudio | ||
VirusProtect | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 |