Core 2 Duo L7500 vs Pro A6-8500B

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Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2451not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoCore 2 Duo
Power efficiency6.37no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L2 cache1024 KBno data
L3 cacheno data4 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography28 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.975V - 1.062V

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 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.

SocketFP4PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600no data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count4no data
Number of pipelines256no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Core 2 Duo L7500.

PCIe version3.0no 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.



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 A6-8500B 1601
+144%
Core 2 Duo L7500 657

Pros & cons summary


Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 17 Watt

Pro A6-8500B has 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 13.3% lower power consumption.

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