Athlon X4 750K vs A8-6500

General info

Comparing A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1887	1878
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.34	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	$58	$21

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	192K
L2 cache	4096 KB	4 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K 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	1	1
Socket	FM2	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8570D	no data
Number of pipelines	256	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500 and Athlon X4 750K.

PCIe version

2.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Athlon X4 750K outperforms A8-6500 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.82	1.85
Recency	1 June 2013	2 October 2012
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt

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