Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Pro A6-8500B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2461	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	Apple M4
Power efficiency	6.37	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	no data
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	28 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores). 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 Apple M4 (8 cores) are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Apple M4 8-core GPU
iGPU core count	4	no data
Number of pipelines	256	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores) integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Apple M4 (8 cores).

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	28 October 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt

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