Pentium 8500 vs A6-7000

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Primary details

Comparing A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2763not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency3.56no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 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 configurationno data1
SocketFT3Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
iGPU core count3no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212.1
OpenGLno data4.6
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2014 23 February 2022
Physical cores 2 5
Threads 2 6
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 9 Watt

Pentium 8500 has an age advantage of 7 years, 150% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and 88.9% lower power consumption.

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