Phenom II X4 945 (95W) vs A6-8500P

Primary details

Comparing A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2523not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency5.72no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)22 July 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Million758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4AM3
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesNot ListedDDR3
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 GraphicsOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
iGPU core count4no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W).

PCIe version3.02.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 22 July 2009
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt

A6-8500P has an age advantage of 5 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 945 (95W), on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A6-8500P and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A6-8500P is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 945 (95W) is a desktop one.


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