Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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AMD A8-6500
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Apple A6
Multi-core performance
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AMD A8-6500
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Apple A6
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500 100 %
AMD Radeon HD 8570D
432
Apple A6
Apple A6 16 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
68

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At a glance

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
FamilyAMD A (112)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupAMD A8-6000 (4)Apple A6/A6X (2)
ArchitectureRichland (Piledriver)A6
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketFM2
PredecessorApple A5
SuccessorApple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Swift
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 1.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 8570DPowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.27 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 2566 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays21
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q3/2012

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
TDP65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A8-6500Apple A6
Chip designUnknownChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ2/2013Q3/2012
Release price85 $
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AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz
Apple A6
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 1.30 GHz

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