Pentium M 770 vs Pro A8-8600B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2219not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoPentium M
Power efficiency3.73no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz0.01 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cacheno data32 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.372V

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 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
SocketFP4PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770. 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+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR2
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 GraphicsOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 19 January 2005
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 27 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pro A8-8600B and Pentium M 770. We've got no test results to judge.


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