Pentium M 758 vs A6-8500P

Place in the ranking	2540	3306
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	Pentium M
Power efficiency	5.74	1.52
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Pentium M 758 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	400 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Pentium M 758 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.

Socket	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Pentium M 758. 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	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Pentium M 758 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Pentium M 758. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Pentium M 758 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Pentium M 758 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Pentium M 758.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.91	0.16
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt

A6-8500P has a 468.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 758, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The A6-8500P is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 758 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-8500P and Pentium M 758, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.