A6-8500P vs Ryzen 7 1700

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	822	2540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.94	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	AMD Carrizo
Power efficiency	13.57	5.74
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	22 February 2017 (7 years ago)	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	30	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	no data
L2 cache	4096 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	16384 KB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	HSA 1.0
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA3	FMA4
AVX	+	AVX
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
HSA	-	+
SenseMI	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	Not Listed
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	-	4
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and A6-8500P.

PCIe version	n/a	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.32	0.91
Recency	22 February 2017	3 June 2015
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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