i7-8565U vs Pro A12-8800B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A12-8800B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.62
Core i7-8565U
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.82
+136%

Core i7-8565U outperforms Pro A12-8800B by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20821463
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Core i7
Power efficiency4.3824.10
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$409

Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U. 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+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U 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 i7-8565U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel Processors
iGPU core count8no data
Number of pipelines512no data
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and Core i7-8565U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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
i7-8565U 3.82
+136%

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
i7-8565U 6063
+135%

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
i7-8565U 804
+52.9%

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
i7-8565U 2327
+104%

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
i7-8565U 6644
+197%

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
i7-8565U 16760
+169%

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
i7-8565U 6158
+122%

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
i7-8565U 9.55
+72.7%

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
i7-8565U 7
+170%

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
i7-8565U 609
+195%

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
i7-8565U 173
+140%

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
i7-8565U 1.93
+112%

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
i7-8565U 4
+158%

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
i7-8565U 34
+113%

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
i7-8565U 141
+85.8%

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
i7-8565U 4292
+221%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Pro A12-8800B 4691
i7-8565U 12303
+162%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Pro A12-8800B 1969
i7-8565U 3851
+95.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 3.82
Recency 3 June 2015 1 October 2018
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Pro A12-8800B has 25% lower power consumption.

i7-8565U, on the other hand, has a 135.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i7-8565U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A12-8800B in performance tests.


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