Pro A6-8500B vs Ryzen 5 4500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads, 25 Watt
7.13
+579%

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Pro A6-8500B by a whopping 579% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10102448
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency26.016.38
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1024 KB
L3 cache11 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography7 nm28 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9800 Million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP6FP4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEHSA 1.0
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX+AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
HSA-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data4
Number of pipelinesno data256
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version3.03.0

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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 7.13
+579%
Pro A6-8500B 1.05

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.

Ryzen 5 4500U 10913
+582%
Pro A6-8500B 1601

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.13 1.05
Recency 6 January 2020 3 June 2015
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500U has a 579% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Pro A6-8500B, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A6-8500B in performance tests.


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