EPYC 9965 vs Pro A6-8500B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2467not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency6.37no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Turin (2024)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$14,813

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 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 cores2 (Dual-core)192
Threads4384
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm3 nm
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 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 configurationno data2
SocketFP4SP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600DDR5
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsN/A
iGPU core count4no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 10 October 2024
Physical cores 2 192
Threads 4 384
Chip lithography 28 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 500 Watt

Pro A6-8500B has 3233.3% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 9500% more physical cores and 9500% more threads, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pro A6-8500B and EPYC 9965. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pro A6-8500B is a notebook processor while EPYC 9965 is a server/workstation one.


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