Atom x5-Z8550 vs A6-8500P

Primary details

Comparing A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2540	2704
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency	5.74	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	8 February 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	UTFCBGA1380
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550. 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	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) (200 - 600 MHz)
iGPU core count	4	no data
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	600 MHz
Execution Units	no data	12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	3840x2160
Max resolution over eDP	no data	2560x1600

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Atom x5-Z8550.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	2
USB revision	no data	3.0
Number of USB ports	no data	3

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.91	0.72
Recency	3 June 2015	8 February 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

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