Pro A6-8500B vs Pentium M 725
Aggregate performance score
Pro A6-8500B outperforms Pentium M 725 by a whopping 461% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3249 | 2453 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | AMD Carrizo |
| Power efficiency | 0.81 | 6.37 |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Carrizo (2015−2018) |
| Release date | 23 June 2004 (20 years ago) | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 725 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1024 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 144 million | 3100 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.988V-1.34V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 725 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 | PPGA478 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 725 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 | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| RAID | - | + |
| HSA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | - | no data |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR3/DDR3L-1600 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 4 |
| Number of pipelines | no data | 256 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.18 | 1.01 |
| Recency | 23 June 2004 | 3 June 2015 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pentium M 725 has 114.3% lower power consumption.
Pro A6-8500B, on the other hand, has a 461.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Pro A6-8500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 725 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 725 and Pro A6-8500B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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