Apple M1 vs A8-8600P

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2354	1392
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	Apple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	1.69	no data
Designer	AMD	Apple
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	no data
Release date	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-8600P and M1 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	2 MB
L2 cache	2048 KB	16 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-8600P and M1 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	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and M1. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-8600P and M1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare Apple M1 8-Core GPU and R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	Apple M1 8-Core GPU
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-8600P and M1 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-8600P and M1 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-8600P and M1.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.40	4.67
Recency	3 June 2015	10 November 2020
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

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