Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.43
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360
2024
8 cores / 16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c threads, 28 Watt
16.11
+1027%

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a whopping 1027% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2215439
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency3.7352.46
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data54 MHz
L2 cache2048 KBno data
Chip lithography28 nm4 nm
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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.

SocketFP4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR5
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon 880M
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

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.


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 1.43
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 16.11
+1027%

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 A8-8600B 2190
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 24659
+1026%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 16.11
Recency 3 June 2015 1 October 2024
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 28 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has -75% more threads, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has a 1026.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.


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