A6-7400K vs Pro A6-8500B

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2715	2675
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Power efficiency	2.56	0.62
Designer	AMD	AMD
Manufacturer	no data	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)	31 July 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K 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	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K. 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	+	+
TrueAudio	+	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+
RAID	+	-
HSA	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-1600	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	4	4
จำนวนพาธไลน์	256	256
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-7400K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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	0.91	0.96
Recency	3 June 2015	31 July 2014
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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