A6-8500P vs A6-6400K

Primary details

Comparing A6-6400K and A6-8500P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2374	2397
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	AMD Carrizo
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)	3 June 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$80	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A6-6400K and A6-8500P basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB	no data
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-6400K and A6-8500P compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6400K and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE1-4a, AES, ABM, AVX, BMI1, AMD64, VT, EVP, Turbo Core 3.0	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	+	1
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	+	AVX
FRTC	no data	1
FreeSync	no data	1
PowerTune	-	-
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	+	+
HSA	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6400K and A6-8500P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	1
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6400K and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	Not Listed
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
Number of pipelines	192	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	1	1
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6400K and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6400K and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6400K and A6-8500P.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-6400K outperforms A6-8500P by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.97	0.93
Integrated graphics card	0.94
Recency	1 June 2013	3 June 2015
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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