Pentium 3560M vs Pro A6-8500B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A6-8500B
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.01
+18.8%
Pentium 3560M
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 37 Watt
0.85

Pro A6-8500B outperforms Pentium 3560M by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24672580
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoIntel Pentium
Power efficiency6.372.17
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M 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 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1024 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data130 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million960 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M 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
SocketFP4FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M 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 A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-1600DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
iGPU core count4no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์256no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and Pentium 3560M.

PCIe version3.02.0
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 A6-8500B 1.01
+18.8%
Pentium 3560M 0.85

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
+19%
Pentium 3560M 1345

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.01 0.85
Recency 3 June 2015 14 April 2014
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 37 Watt

Pro A6-8500B has a 18.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and 146.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium 3560M, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Pro A6-8500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3560M in performance tests.


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