Pro A6-8500B vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1008	2736
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	5.45	2.55
Designer	AMD	AMD
Manufacturer	GlobalFoundries	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	29 June 2017 (8 years ago)	3 June 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	30	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	192 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4,800 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	HSA 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 7 PRO 1700 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 7 PRO 1700 and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	-	4
จำนวนพาธไลน์	-	256
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.32	0.90
Recency	29 June 2017	3 June 2015
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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