A4-5100 vs A8-8600P

Place in the ranking	2114	2562
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	4.19	5.33
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 November 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-8600P and A4-5100 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.55 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-8600P and A4-5100 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	FP4	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-8600P and A4-5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	+
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-8600P and A4-5100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-8600P and A4-5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8330
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-8600P and A4-5100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-8600P and A4-5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-8600P and A4-5100.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

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.

A8-8600P 1.58
+83.7%

A4-5100 0.86

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.

A8-8600P 2464
+83.1%

A4-5100 1346