A8-6500T vs Phenom II X4 P920

Place in the ranking	2560	2323
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	no data
Power efficiency	3.23	2.56
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	16 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T 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	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	4096 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T 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	S1 (S1g4)	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon™ HD 8550D
Number of pipelines	no data	256
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.87	1.24
Recency	12 May 2010	16 September 2013
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	45 Watt

Phenom II X4 P920 has 80% lower power consumption.

A8-6500T, on the other hand, has a 42.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A8-6500T is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P920 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P920 is a notebook processor while A8-6500T is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P920 and A8-6500T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.