Pro A6-8500B vs Pentium M 735

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 735 and Pro A6-8500B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2453
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	no data	6.37
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	10 May 2004 (20 years ago)	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 735 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	1.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 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 735 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 735 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 735 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 735 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 735 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 735 and Pro A6-8500B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium M 735 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 735 and Pro A6-8500B.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 May 2004	3 June 2015
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	15 Watt

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