A6-9500E vs A6-8500P

Place in the ranking	2540	2418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Power efficiency	5.74	2.95
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and A6-9500E 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	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.4 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and A6-9500E 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and A6-9500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	+
FreeSync	+	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	+	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	+
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and A6-9500E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and A6-9500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	4	4
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and A6-9500E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and A6-9500E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and A6-9500E.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

A6-8500P 0.91

A6-9500E 1.09
+19.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-8500P 1445

A6-9500E 1725
+19.4%