i3-8000 vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2221	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	3.73	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	36
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000. 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	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Core i3-8000.

PCIe version

3.0

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	1 September 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	65 Watt

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