i7-4600U vs Pro A12-8800B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A12-8800B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.62
Core i7-4600U
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.71
+5.6%

Core i7-4600U outperforms Pro A12-8800B by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20962051
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Core i7
Power efficiency4.3810.78
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Haswell-ULT (2013)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$398

Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million1,300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Smart Responseno data+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data+
AMTno data9.5
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4400
iGPU core count8no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์512no data
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
VGAno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3200x2000@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1211.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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 A12-8800B 1.62
i7-4600U 1.71
+5.6%

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 A12-8800B 2580
i7-4600U 2724
+5.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pro A12-8800B 526
i7-4600U 889
+69%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pro A12-8800B 1141
i7-4600U 1658
+45.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pro A12-8800B 2236
i7-4600U 4669
+109%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pro A12-8800B 6220
i7-4600U 8444
+35.8%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pro A12-8800B 2769
i7-4600U 3223
+16.4%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pro A12-8800B 16.49
+3.7%
i7-4600U 17.1

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pro A12-8800B 3
i7-4600U 3
+6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pro A12-8800B 206
i7-4600U 248
+20.4%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pro A12-8800B 72
i7-4600U 124
+72.2%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pro A12-8800B 0.91
i7-4600U 1.42
+56%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pro A12-8800B 1.6
i7-4600U 1.7
+9.7%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pro A12-8800B 1336
i7-4600U 2493
+86.6%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pro A12-8800B 16
i7-4600U 16
+2.8%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pro A12-8800B 76
i7-4600U 92
+20.9%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Pro A12-8800B 4691
i7-4600U 6078
+29.6%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Pro A12-8800B 1969
i7-4600U 3095
+57.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 1.71
Recency 3 June 2015 1 September 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Pro A12-8800B has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.

i7-4600U, on the other hand, has a 5.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-4600U.


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