Pro A6-8500B vs Phenom II X3 N830

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3034	2785
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	0.76	2.56
Designer	AMD	AMD
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	12 May 2010 (15 years ago)	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B 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	3 (Tri-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	3	4
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1024 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	no data	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B 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	S1	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V	HSA 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 Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	256
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

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	0.63	0.91
Recency	12 May 2010	3 June 2015
Physical cores	3	2
Threads	3	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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