Pentium 8500 vs A10-5800B

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Primary details

Comparing A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1952not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency1.81no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 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 configuration11
SocketFM2Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7660DIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-5800B and Pentium 8500.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 4 6
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 9 Watt

Pentium 8500 has an age advantage of 9 years, 25% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 1011.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A10-5800B and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A10-5800B is a desktop processor while Pentium 8500 is a notebook one.


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