Phenom II X4 P960 vs A8-6500

Primary details

Comparing A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1895	2344
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.34	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	4x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Current price	$58	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960 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	no data
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960 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	no data
Socket	FM2	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	1	no data
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960 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 Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3
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 Phenom II X4 P960 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500 and Phenom II X4 P960.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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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.

A8-6500 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 82% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.82	1.00
Recency	1 June 2013	19 October 2010
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

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