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
CPU 1
CPU 2
1340
985
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1601
933
Name AMD Pro A6-8500B AMD Phenom II X2 P650
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

Essentials

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

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

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-1600 DDR3

Graphics

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

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP4 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0