Ryzen 5 5600H vs A6-8500P

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Aggregate performance score

A6-8500P
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 1 Watt
0.82
Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 3 Watt
9.37
+1043%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms A6-8500P by a whopping 1043% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2822947
Place by popularitynot in top-10049
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
DesignerAMDAMD
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date3 June 2015 (10 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache1024 KB3 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H 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.

SocketFP4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)1 MB3 MB + 16 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4+
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesNot ListedDDR4
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)
iGPU core count4no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen 5 5600H.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

A6-8500P 0.82
Ryzen 5 5600H 9.37
+1043%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

A6-8500P 1445
Samples: 17
Ryzen 5 5600H 16524
+1044%
Samples: 5287

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.82 9.37
Recency 3 June 2015 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 1 Watt 3 Watt

A6-8500P has 200% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has a 1042.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-8500P in performance tests.

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