A6-8500P vs Pro A6-8500B

Place in the ranking	2467	2540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	6.37	5.74
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B 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.

Socket	FP4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	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 A6-8500P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

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

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-1600	Not Listed
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	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

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

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and A6-8500P 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 A6-8500P.

PCIe version

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Pro A6-8500B 1.01
+11%

A6-8500P 0.91

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pro A6-8500B 1601
+10.8%

A6-8500P 1445