AMD Pro A6-8500B vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A6-8500B and AMD Pro A8-8600B 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, 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 A6-8500B

AMD Pro A8-8600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1090

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 1090

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A8-8600B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2190 vs 1601

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2190 vs 1601

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Pro A6-8500B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A8-8600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1340

1090

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1601

2190

Name	AMD Pro A6-8500B	AMD Pro A8-8600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340	1090
PassMark - CPU mark	1601	2190
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		229.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		39.061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2559
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2559

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Pro A6-8500B	AMD Pro A8-8600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Carrizo	Carrizo
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 June 2015	3 June 2015
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 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	1900	1911
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Compute Cores	6	10
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	4	6
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	3100 Million	3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	720 MHz
iGPU core count	256	384
Number of pipelines	256	384
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP4	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	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