Pro A6-8500B vs PRO A10-9700E

Place in the ranking	1972	2453
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	5.08	6.37
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	3 October 2016 (8 years ago)	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B 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	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	1024 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B 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	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	FMA4
AVX	+	AVX
FRTC	+	+
FreeSync	+	+
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	6	4
Number of pipelines	no data	256
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-9700E and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

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.

PRO A10-9700E 1.88
+86.1%

Pro A6-8500B 1.01

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.

PRO A10-9700E 2985
+86.4%

Pro A6-8500B 1601