Athlon X4 750K vs A8-6500B

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1879	1878
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.26	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	$139	$21

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

A8-6500B 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	192K	192K
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,303 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500B 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 A8-6500B and Athlon X4 750K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

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

Supported memory types

DDR3-1866

DDR3-1866

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 8570D

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500B 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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 June 2013	2 October 2012
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt

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