Pentium Gold 8505 vs A8-6410

Primary details

Comparing A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2391	1098
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	7.05	10.11
Architecture codename	Beema (2014)	no data
Release date	1 June 2014 (10 years ago)	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 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	4 (Quad-Core)	no data
Threads	4	6
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	930 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	FT3b	FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	1	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	no data	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	4
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6410 and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.16	6.10
Recency	1 June 2014	1 January 2022
Threads	4	6
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt

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