Turion 64 MT-30 vs Pro A8-8600B
Primary details
Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2214 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Carrizo | Turion 64 |
| Power efficiency | 3.73 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | Lancaster (2005−2006) |
| Release date | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) | March 2005 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | no data | 125 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 114 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30 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 | 754 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-35 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30. 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 A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/DDR3L-2133 | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R6 Graphics | no data |
| 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 Turion 64 MT-30 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30 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 Turion 64 MT-30.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 25 Watt |
Pro A8-8600B has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 108.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30. We've got no test results to judge.
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