AMD PRO A6-8550B

The AMD PRO A6-8550B was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in September 2015. It is part of the A6 lineup, using the Godaveri architecture with Socket FM2+. PRO A6-8550B has 1MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.5 GHz by default, but can boost up to 4 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the PRO A6-8550B on a 28 nm production process using 2,411 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on PRO A6-8550B, which limits its overclocking capabilities. With a TDP of 65 W, the PRO A6-8550B consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with adual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1866 MHz, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the machine, PRO A6-8550B uses a PCI-Express Gen 3 connection. This processor features the Radeon R5 integrated graphics solution. Hardware virtualization is available on the PRO A6-8550B, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.