A6-8500P vs Apple M2
Aggregate performance score
M2 outperforms A6-8500P by a whopping 937% 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 | 977 | 2774 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | AMD Carrizo |
| Power efficiency | 17.96 | 2.31 |
| Designer | Apple | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Carrizo (2015−2018) |
| Release date | 10 June 2022 (3 years ago) | 3 June 2015 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M2 and A6-8500P 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 | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.48 GHz | 3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 1024 KB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 20000 Million | 3100 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on M2 and A6-8500P 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 | no data | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 and A6-8500P. 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 | - | + |
| HSA | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M2 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | Not Listed |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 4 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of M2 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by M2 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 and A6-8500P.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.50 | 0.82 |
| Recency | 10 June 2022 | 3 June 2015 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M2 has a 936.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
A6-8500P, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.
The Apple M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-8500P in performance tests.
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