Processor U300 vs Pro A6-8500B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2448not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Raptor Lake-U
Power efficiency6.38no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Raptor Lake-U (2023)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$193

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data55 MHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 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
SocketFP4Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300. 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+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
iGPU core count4no data
Number of pipelines256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 4 January 2023
Physical cores 2 5
Threads 4 6
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm

Processor U300 has an age advantage of 7 years, 150% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pro A6-8500B and Processor U300. We've got no test results to judge.


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