Pro A8-8600B vs Athlon X2 7750 BE

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2221
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Carrizo
Power efficiencyno data3.73
Architecture codenameKuma (2008−2009)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release dateDecember 2008 (15 years ago)3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography65 nm28 nm
Die size285 mm2no data
Number of transistors450 million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM2+FP4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt12-35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHSA 1.0
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
HSA-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3/DDR3L-2133
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Number of pipelinesno data384
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 12 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 691.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 7750 BE and Pro A8-8600B. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X2 7750 BE is a desktop processor while Pro A8-8600B is a notebook one.


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