Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs A6-8500P

Primary details

Comparing A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2492	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	24
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	5.1 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	36 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	XDNA 2 NPU
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 A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	4 June 2024
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	24
Chip lithography	28 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt

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