E1-7010 vs A8-6500

Primary details

Comparing A8-6500 and E1-7010 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2013	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	2.59	no data
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-6500 and E1-7010 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	no data
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	4096 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	930 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-6500 and E1-7010 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	no data
Socket	FM2	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6500 and E1-7010. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	AVX	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6500 and E1-7010 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6500 and E1-7010. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3L-1333
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8570D	AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
Number of pipelines	256	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-6500 and E1-7010 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-6500 and E1-7010 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6500 and E1-7010.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2013	7 May 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

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