Turion 64 MT-30 vs Pro A8-8600B

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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 ranking2219not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoTurion 64
Power efficiency3.73no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Lancaster (2005−2006)
Release date3 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2048 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data125 mm2
Number of transistors3100 Million114 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4754
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt25 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 extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
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 typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133no data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no 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.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 MT-30.

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.



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.

Pro A8-8600B 18.78
+454%
Turion 64 MT-30 104

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.

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