AMD Pro A8-8600B vs AMD A4-5150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A8-8600B and AMD A4-5150M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A8-8600B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1090 vs 800
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2190 vs 765
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2015 vs 12 March 2013
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1090 vs 800
PassMark - CPU mark 2190 vs 765

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5150M

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • 4.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1749 vs 362
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2416 vs 1026
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 3 GHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1749 vs 362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2416 vs 1026

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Pro A8-8600B
CPU 2: AMD A4-5150M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1090
800
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2190
765
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
362
1749
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1026
2416
Name AMD Pro A8-8600B AMD A4-5150M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1090 800
PassMark - CPU mark 2190 765
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 362 1749
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1026 2416
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 A8-8600B AMD A4-5150M

Essentials

Architecture codename Carrizo Richland
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 3 June 2015 12 March 2013
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1911 1925
Series AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.6 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 3100 Million 1300 Million
Unlocked
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 96 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 105 °C
Maximum core temperature 105 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-2133 DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
iGPU core count 384
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R6 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 FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

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