Atom 330 vs Pro A6-8500B
Aggregate performance score
Pro A6-8500B outperforms Atom 330 by a whopping 314% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2790 | 3485 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Carrizo | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 2.56 | 1.16 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | Diamondville (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 3 June 2015 (10 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $43 |
Detailed specifications
Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 12 |
| L1 cache | no data | 112 KB |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 51.9276 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 94 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.9V-1.1625V |
Compatibility
Information on Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP4 | PBGA437 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 8 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HSA 1.0 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | AVX | - |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| Out-of-band client management | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| RAID | + | - |
| HSA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/DDR3L-1600 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics | - |
| iGPU core count | 4 | - |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | 256 | - |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | - |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Atom 330.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.91 | 0.22 |
| Recency | 3 June 2015 | 2 April 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 8 Watt |
Pro A6-8500B has a 313.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.
Atom 330, on the other hand, has 87.5% lower power consumption.
The AMD Pro A6-8500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom 330 in performance tests.
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