A6-7000 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
A6-7000 outperforms Turion II M500 by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3186 | 3110 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD Kaveri |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 1.41 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Kaveri (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 June 2014 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and A6-7000 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1024 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and A6-7000 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and A6-7000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| HSA | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and A6-7000 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and A6-7000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 3 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion II M500 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Turion II M500 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M500 and A6-7000.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 0.57 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 June 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
A6-7000 has a 14% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 61% more advanced lithography process, and 106% lower power consumption.
The AMD A6-7000 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II M500 in performance tests.
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