A6-8500P vs Atom Z500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3625	2866
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	9.09	2.33
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	2 April 2008 (17 years ago)	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$45	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z500 and A6-8500P 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.8 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	400 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	24.18 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.80 -1.1V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z500 and A6-8500P 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA441	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	0.65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z500 and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	AVX
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z500 and A6-8500P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z500 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z500 and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	Not Listed
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	-	4
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z500 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom Z500 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z500 and A6-8500P.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.14	0.83
Recency	2 April 2008	3 June 2015
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm

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