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AMD Pro A12-8800B vs AMD Pro A6-8500B vs AMD FX-8800P

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 A6-8500B

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The AMD Pro A6-8500B is a low-end Carrizo APU (6th APU generation) of 2015 for business 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 (not confirmed) memory controller and a video engine (including UVD 6 with hardware HEVC / H.265 decoding). 

The AMD Pro A6-8500B is similar to the consumer version, the A6-8500P, but offers business support and a ensure a long-tail support program. 

Due to the single module configuration, the Pro A6-8500B 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. The performance should be identical to the consumer version AMD A6-8500P.

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

AMD FX-8800P

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The AMD FX-8800P is the top-tier Carrizo APU of 2015 for mainstream 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).

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 (P).

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.

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

ModelAMD Pro A12-8800BAMD Pro A6-8500BAMD FX-8800P
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD CarrizoAMD Carrizo
CodenameCarrizoCarrizoCarrizo
Series: Carrizo Carrizo
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 A8-8600B1.6 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-8500P1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Pro A6-8500B « 1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD FX-8800P « 2.1 - 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 A6-8500P1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Pro A6-8500B1.6 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock2100 - 3400 MHz1600 - 3000 MHz2100 - 3400 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 24 / 4
TDP12-35 Watt15 Watt12-35 Watt
Transistors3100 Million3100 Million3100 Million
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
SocketFP4 BGAFP4 BGAFP4 BGA
FeaturesHSA 1.0HSA 1.0HSA 1.0
iGPUAMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) ( - 800 MHz)AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo) ( - 800 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo) ( - 800 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 202     avg: 206.7     median: 206 (1%)     max: 212 Points
min: 207     avg: 255.3     median: 277 (2%)     max: 282 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 71     avg: 73.3     median: 72 (22%)     max: 77 Points
min: 78     avg: 81.3     median: 82 (25%)     max: 84 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2.45     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (3%)     max: 2.58 Points
min: 2.53     avg: 3.1     median: 3.4 (4%)     max: 3.39 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.88     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (23%)     max: 0.93 Points
min: 0.88     avg: 0.9     median: 1 (24%)     max: 0.98 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2183     avg: 2236     median: 2236 (14%)     max: 2289 Points
min: 2417     avg: 2604     median: 2604 (16%)     max: 2791 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6009     avg: 6220     median: 6219.5 (5%)     max: 6430 Points
min: 6820     avg: 7860     median: 7860 (6%)     max: 8900 Points
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
377.5 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 16.19     avg: 16.5     median: 16.5 (3%)     max: 16.79 s
12 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1293     avg: 1336     median: 1336 (2%)     max: 1379 Points
1543 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 15.84     avg: 15.9     median: 15.8 (6%)     max: 15.85 fps
21.1 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 72     avg: 75.9     median: 75.9 (17%)     max: 79.7 fps
93.5 fps (22%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.195     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.205 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.313     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (6%)     max: 0.328 GB/s
0.4 GB/s (8%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.5     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
2.2 GB/s (6%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2715     avg: 2871     median: 2769 (6%)     max: 3130 Points
4227 Points (9%)
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
19.1 s (4%)
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
41.4 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
874 s (4%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 6609     avg: 6624     median: 6623.5 (6%)     max: 6638 Points
min: 10073     avg: 10092     median: 10091.5 (9%)     max: 10110 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2228     avg: 2375     median: 2361 (6%)     max: 2536 Points
min: 2363     avg: 2764     median: 2753.5 (7%)     max: 3187 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 23849     avg: 24509     median: 24550 (20%)     max: 25128 Points
min: 24378     avg: 30901     median: 32521 (26%)     max: 34183 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
min: 2106     avg: 2720     median: 2843 (7%)     max: 2943 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2293     avg: 2639     median: 2560 (5%)     max: 3064 Points
min: 4031     avg: 4119     median: 4119 (7%)     max: 4207 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
4691 Points (8%)
6349 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
1969 Points (38%)
2085 Points (41%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
4949 Points (8%)
6719 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2079 Points (31%)
2218 Points (33%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2093     avg: 3152     median: 3152 (4%)     max: 4211 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 139.7     avg: 165.4     median: 165.4 (2%)     max: 191 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
7621 Points (7%)

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