Athlon MP 1800+ vs Pro A6-8500B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2346	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Athlon MP
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	K7 (2000−2003)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	15 October 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$302
Current price	$44	$33 (0.1x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.53 GHz
Bus support	no data	266 MT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Die size	no data	128 mm2
Number of transistors	3100 Million	38 Million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ 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	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	66 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	1	no data
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	+	no data
HSA	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-1600	no data
Maximum memory size	no data	4 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Number of pipelines	256	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Athlon MP 1800+.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	15 October 2001
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	66 Watt

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