A6-8500P vs A6-9225
Aggregated performance score
A6-8500P outperforms A6-9225 by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing A6-9225 and A6-8500P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2425 | 2380 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | AMD Carrizo |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Carrizo (2015−2018) |
| Release date | 1 June 2018 (5 years ago) | 3 June 2015 (8 years ago) |
| Current price | $451 | no data |
Technical specs
A6-9225 and A6-8500P 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 | 2.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1024 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | 3100 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A6-9225 and A6-8500P 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 | BGA | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9225 and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR4-2133 RAM (1 channel), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND | HSA 1.0 |
| AES-NI | + | 1 |
| FMA | + | FMA4 |
| AVX | + | AVX |
| FRTC | no data | 1 |
| FreeSync | no data | 1 |
| PowerTune | no data | - |
| TrueAudio | no data | + |
| PowerNow | no data | + |
| PowerGating | no data | + |
| Out-of-band client management | no data | + |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
| HSA | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9225 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | 1 |
| IOMMU 2.0 | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9225 and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | Not Listed |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 4 |
| Enduro | no data | + |
| Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
| UVD | no data | + |
| VCE | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6-9225 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A6-9225 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9225 and A6-8500P.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
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 outperforms A6-9225 by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
A6-8500P outperforms A6-9225 by 9% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 0.86 | 0.93 |
| Integrated graphics card | 1.17 | |
| Recency | 1 June 2018 | 3 June 2015 |
We couldn't decide between A6-9225 and A6-8500P. The differences in performance seem too small.
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