AMD 3015Ce vs AMD A6-8500P

Comparative analysis of AMD 3015Ce and AMD A6-8500P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD 3015Ce

AMD A6-8500P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD 3015Ce

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1341 vs 1253
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2094 vs 1445

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 Apr 2021 vs 3 June 2015
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1341 vs 1253
PassMark - CPU mark	2094 vs 1445

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-8500P

Around 30% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD 3015Ce
CPU 2: AMD A6-8500P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1341

1253

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

1445

Name	AMD 3015Ce	AMD A6-8500P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1341	1253
PassMark - CPU mark	2094	1445

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD 3015Ce	AMD A6-8500P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Carrizo
Launch date	29 Apr 2021	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	AM301CBRP2OFJ	AM850PAAY23KA
Place in performance rating	1788	1906
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
Series		AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	1.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-1600	DDR3
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	600 MHz
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		4
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FT5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0