AMD 3015Ce vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

Comparative analysis of AMD 3015Ce and AMD Pro A8-8600B 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD 3015Ce

AMD Pro A8-8600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD 3015Ce

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
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 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1337 vs 1107

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 Apr 2021 vs 3 June 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1337 vs 1107

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A8-8600B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 30% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2226 vs 2099

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2226 vs 2099

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD 3015Ce
CPU 2: AMD Pro A8-8600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1337

1107

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2099

2226

Name	AMD 3015Ce	AMD Pro A8-8600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1337	1107
PassMark - CPU mark	2099	2226
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		229.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		39.061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2559
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2559

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD 3015Ce	AMD Pro A8-8600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Carrizo
Launch date	29 Apr 2021	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	AM301CBRP2OFJ
Place in performance rating	1880	1906
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	1.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		10
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-1600	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	600 MHz
Number of pipelines	192	384
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		384
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
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0