Pentium N4200 vs A6-8500P

Place in the ranking	2525	2231
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	5.74	21.61
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 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	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.5 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 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	FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Pentium N4200. 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 Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Smart Connect	no data	-
HD Audio	no data	+
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Boot	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
VT-i	no data	-
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 505
iGPU core count	4	no data
Max video memory	no data	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	750 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	+
OpenGL	no data	+
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no data	+

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

Pentium N4200 1.37
+50.5%

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

Pentium N4200 2173
+50.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.91	1.37
Recency	3 June 2015	1 September 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Pentium N4200 has a 50.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-8500P in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-8500P and Pentium N4200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.