A4-6320B vs Pro A6-8500B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2448	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Power efficiency	6.38	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	March 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96K
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B 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	FP4	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-1600	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Radeon HD 8370D
iGPU core count	4	no data
Number of pipelines	256	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and A4-6320B.

PCIe version

3.0

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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