Pentium Dual-Core E2180 vs Pro A6-8500B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2449not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency6.38no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)August 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Number of transistors3100 Million105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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 data1
SocketFP4775
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. 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+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count4no data
Number of pipelines256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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
+134%
Pentium Dual-Core E2180 683

Pros & cons summary


Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Pro A6-8500B has 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pro A6-8500B is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2180 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A6-8500B and Pentium Dual-Core E2180, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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