A6-9220e vs Pro A8-8600B

Place in performance ranking	2122	2678
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	$500	$308

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e 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.

Socket	FP4	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
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 A8-8600B and A6-9220e are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR4
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and A6-9220e 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 A8-8600B and A6-9220e.

PCIe version

3.0

no 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro A8-8600B 1.42
+125%

A6-9220e 0.63

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pro A8-8600B 2190
+126%

A6-9220e 971

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 126% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pro A8-8600B 2111
+99.9%

A6-9220e 1056

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 100% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pro A8-8600B 5885
+238%

A6-9220e 1741

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 238% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pro A8-8600B 18.78
+87.4%

A6-9220e 35.2

A6-9220e outperforms Pro A8-8600B by 87% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pro A8-8600B 181
+110%

A6-9220e 86

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 110% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pro A8-8600B 69
+123%

A6-9220e 31

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 123% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 1.3
+282%

A6-9220e 0.3

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 282% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 1330
+156%

A6-9220e 519

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 156% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 14
+409%

A6-9220e 3

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 409% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pro A8-8600B 68
+359%

A6-9220e 15

Pro A8-8600B outperforms A6-9220e by 359% in x264 encoding pass 1.