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AMD A6-8500P vs AMD Pro A12-8800B vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

AMD A6-8500P

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The AMD A6-8500P is a low-end Carrizo APU (6th APU generation) of 2015 for mainstream laptops. It is a SoC that contains one Excavator CPU modules (with 2 integer and 1 FP units counted as 2 compute cores), a Radeon R7 graphics card with 4 compute cores (256 shaders), a DDR3-1600 memory controller and a video engine (including UVD 6 with hardware HEVC / H.265 decoding). 

Due to the single module configuration, the A6-8500P is a lot slower than the other Carrizo models with two modules (four cores). While the single thread performance should be similar to a Core i3-4030U, the Multi-Threading scores are only comparable to a Celeron N2940. For low demanding tasks like office and web-browsing, the performance however should be sufficient. 

More technical details and features of the 6th generation of APUs (Carrizo) can be found in our launch article.

AMD Pro A12-8800B

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The AMD Pro A12-8800B is the top-tier Carrizo APU of 2015 for business laptops. It is a SoC containing two Excavator CPU modules (with 4 integer and 2 FP units counted as 4 compute cores), a Radeon R7 graphics card with 8 compute cores (512 shaders), a DDR3-2133 (35 Watt cTDP) memory controller and a video engine (including UVD 6 with hardware HEVC / H.265 decoding). It is similar to the consumer version, the FX-8800P, but offers business support and a ensure a long-tail support program. 

The performances of the CPU and GPU cores depend on the configurable TDP. This cTDP can range from 12 to 35 Watts depending on the cooling solution and size of the laptop. Thus, clock speeds of the compute cores will vary. E.g., the GPU can score between 1992 points (15 Watts) to 2753 points (+38% with 35 Watts cTDP) in 3DMark 11 (based on the similar FX-8800P).

According to AMD, the 35 Watt configuration scores 12% (Cinebench single-thread) and 15% (Cinebench Multi-threaded) higher compared to the previous Steamroller generation (most likely the AMD FX-7600P). If configured to 15 Watt instead, the gains are higher (40% to 55%) compared to the 19 Watt Kaveri FX-7500 APU. See more benchmarks on our FX-8800P page.

More technical details and features of the 6th generation of APUs (Carrizo) can be found in our launch article.

AMD Pro A8-8600B

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The AMD Pro A8-8600B is a mid-range Carrizo APU of 2015 for business laptops. It is a SoC that contains two Excavator CPU modules (with 4 integer and 2 FP units counted as 4 compute cores), a Radeon R7 graphics card with 6 compute cores (384 shaders), a DDR3-2133 (35 Watt cTDP) memory controller and a video engine (including UVD 6 with hardware HEVC / H.265 decoding). Compared to the faster A10-8700P, the A8-8600B features a slower clocked CPU and GPU. It is similar to the consumer version, the A8-8600P, but offers business support and a ensure a long-tail support program. 

The performances of the CPU and GPU cores depend on the configurable TDP. This cTDP can range from 12 to 35 Watts depending on the cooling solution and size of the laptop. The faster Carrizo models gain about 35% in 3DMark 11 depending on the cTDP and results for the A8-8600B model should be similar.

More technical details and features of the 6th generation of APUs (Carrizo) can be found in our launch article.

ModelAMD A6-8500PAMD Pro A12-8800BAMD Pro A8-8600B
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD CarrizoAMD Carrizo
CodenameCarrizoCarrizoCarrizo
Series: Carrizo Carrizo
AMD FX-8800P2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A12-8800B2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-8700P1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A10-8700B1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-8600P1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A8-8600B1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-8500P « 1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Pro A6-8500B1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD FX-8800P2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A12-8800B « 2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-8700P1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A10-8700B1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-8600P1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A8-8600B1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-8500P1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Pro A6-8500B1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD FX-8800P2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A12-8800B2.1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-8700P1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A10-8700B1.8 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-8600P1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Pro A8-8600B « 1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-8500P1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Pro A6-8500B1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock1600 - 3000 MHz2100 - 3400 MHz1600 - 3000 MHz
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 44 / 4
TDP15 Watt12-35 Watt12-35 Watt
Transistors3100 Million3100 Million3100 Million
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
SocketFP4 BGAFP4 BGAFP4 BGA
FeaturesHSA 1.0HSA 1.0HSA 1.0
iGPUAMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) ( - 800 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) ( - 800 MHz)AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) ( - 720 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerproducts.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 202     avg: 206.7     median: 206 (1%)     max: 212 Points
181 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 71     avg: 73.3     median: 72 (22%)     max: 77 Points
69 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2.45     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (3%)     max: 2.58 Points
2.2 Points (3%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.88     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (23%)     max: 0.93 Points
0.8 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2183     avg: 2236     median: 2236 (14%)     max: 2289 Points
2111 Points (13%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6009     avg: 6220     median: 6219.5 (5%)     max: 6430 Points
5885 Points (4%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 7270     avg: 8224     median: 8224 (6%)     max: 9178 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 3015     avg: 3057     median: 3057 (4%)     max: 3099 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 502     avg: 517     median: 516.5 (6%)     max: 531 s
587 s (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 16.19     avg: 16.5     median: 16.5 (3%)     max: 16.79 s
18.8 s (4%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1293     avg: 1336     median: 1336 (2%)     max: 1379 Points
1330 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 15.84     avg: 15.9     median: 15.8 (6%)     max: 15.85 fps
13.5 fps (5%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 72     avg: 75.9     median: 75.9 (17%)     max: 79.7 fps
67.5 fps (16%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.195     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.205 GB/s
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.313     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (6%)     max: 0.328 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.5     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
1.3 GB/s (3%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2715     avg: 2871     median: 2769 (6%)     max: 3130 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 19     avg: 19.4     median: 19.4 (4%)     max: 19.7 s
21.7 s (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 42     avg: 43.9     median: 43.9 (2%)     max: 45.77 s
46.7 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 898     avg: 935     median: 934.5 (4%)     max: 971 s
1006 s (4%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 6609     avg: 6624     median: 6623.5 (6%)     max: 6638 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2228     avg: 2375     median: 2361 (6%)     max: 2536 Points
2034 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 23849     avg: 24509     median: 24550 (20%)     max: 25128 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 21853     avg: 23645     median: 23645 (19%)     max: 25437 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 25429     avg: 25705     median: 25705 (22%)     max: 25981 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1779     avg: 1920     median: 1850 (5%)     max: 2130 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2293     avg: 2639     median: 2560 (5%)     max: 3064 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1896 Points (26%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3736 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
4691 Points (8%)
4173 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
1969 Points (38%)
1858 Points (36%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
4949 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2079 Points (31%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
3604 Points (29%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
3144 Points (29%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
5636 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5024 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
4720 Points (12%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2093     avg: 3152     median: 3152 (4%)     max: 4211 ms
3826 ms (4%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 139.7     avg: 165.4     median: 165.4 (2%)     max: 191 ms
196.2 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
7621 Points (7%)
8351 Points (8%)

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