AMD A8-6500 vs AMD EPYC 7763

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AMD A8-6500 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 7763
AMD A8-6500 AMD EPYC 7763

CPU comparison

AMD A8-6500 or AMD EPYC 7763 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A8-6500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6500 was released in Q2/2013.

The AMD EPYC 7763 has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7763 was released in Q1/2021.
AMD A (112) Family AMD EPYC (129)
AMD A8-6000 (4) CPU group AMD EPYC 7003 (29)
3 Generation 3
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Milan (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor AMD EPYC 7662
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-6500 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.10 GHz). The AMD EPYC 7763 has 64 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.45 GHz (3.50 GHz).

AMD A8-6500 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7763
4 Cores 64
4 Threads 128
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 2.45 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD A8-6500 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7763
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8570D GPU no iGPU
0.84 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8570D GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A8-6500 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7763 can connect up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

AMD A8-6500 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7763
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 256.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 128
-- PCIe Bandwidth 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A8-6500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7763 is 280 W.

AMD A8-6500 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7763
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 280 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 225 W
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A8-6500 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7763 cache has a total of 256.00 MB.

AMD A8-6500 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7763
32 nm Technology 7 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM2 Socket SP3
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2021
85 $ Release price 7890 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-6500 (37%)
AMD EPYC 7763 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-6500 (3%)
AMD EPYC 7763 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
489 (37%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.50 GHz
1305 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1299 (3%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
43120 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2833 (3%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
85923 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.50 GHz
1298 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
61455 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.50 GHz
1612 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
16042 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz
432 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
90 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
293 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7763 AMD EPYC 7763
64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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