Pentium Gold 4415U vs A8-8600P

General info

Comparing A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2054	1764
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	Intel Pentium Gold
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (8 years old)	3 January 2017 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161
Current price	$215	$402 (2.5x MSRP)

Technical specs

A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U 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	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FCBGA1356,FPBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
HSA	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	-
Smart Response	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	+
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 610
iGPU core count	6	no data
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-8600P and Pentium Gold 4415U.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

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.

Pentium Gold 4415U outperforms A8-8600P by 45% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.46	2.11
Integrated graphics card		1.84
Recency	3 June 2015	3 January 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt

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