Pentium Dual T4300 vs A8-6500B
Aggregate performance score
A8-6500B outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by a whopping 120% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2269 | 2865 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium Dual Core |
| Power efficiency | 1.00 | 0.85 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Richland (2013−2014) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 1 June 2013 (12 years ago) | 1 April 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 192K | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 107 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 410 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300 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 | P |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1866 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8570D | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500B and Pentium Dual Core T4300.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.54 | 0.70 |
| Recency | 1 June 2013 | 1 April 2009 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
A8-6500B has a 120% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium Dual T4300, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD A8-6500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 in performance tests.
Note that A8-6500B is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T4300 is a notebook one.
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