AMD Pro A6-8500B vs AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A6-8500B and AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE 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.

AMD Pro A6-8500B

AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1601 vs 1262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2015 vs 12 May 2010
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 1339
PassMark - CPU mark	1601 vs 1262

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 3 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 3 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Pro A6-8500B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1340

1339

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1601

1262

Name	AMD Pro A6-8500B	AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340	1339
PassMark - CPU mark	1601	1262

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Pro A6-8500B	AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Carrizo	Champlain
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 June 2015	12 May 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	1802	1818
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	2x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3.1 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
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
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	45 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