AMD Ryzen 7 6800U vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 57% higher clock speed: 4.7 GHz vs 3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	Jan 2022 vs 3 June 2015
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.7 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	AMD Pro A6-8500B
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5170
PassMark - Single thread mark		1340
PassMark - CPU mark		1601

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U	AMD Pro A6-8500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3+	Carrizo
Launch date	Jan 2022	3 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1831	1802
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Die size	208 mm²
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Maximum frequency	4.7 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of GPU cores	8	4
Number of threads	16	4
Unlocked
Compute Cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	2200 MHz
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
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP7	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
Number of USB ports	4.0
PCI Express revision		3.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan