A4 PRO-7300B vs A8-6500

Place in the ranking	2027	2534
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.58	1.33
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	96 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B 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	1	1
Socket	FM2	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8570D	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
จำนวนพาธไลน์	256	192
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500 and A4 PRO-7300B.

PCIe version

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

A8-6500 1.78
+93.5%

A4 PRO-7300B 0.92

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.

A8-6500 2824
+93.7%

A4 PRO-7300B 1458