AMD 3015e vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD 3015e and AMD Pro A6-8500B 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 3015e

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD 3015e

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 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 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2652 vs 1601

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2020 vs 3 June 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2652 vs 1601

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

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

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 1338

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD 3015e
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1338

1340

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2652

1601

Name	AMD 3015e	AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1338	1340
PassMark - CPU mark	2652	1601

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD 3015e	AMD Pro A6-8500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Carrizo
Launch date	6 Jul 2020	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	AM3015BRP2OFJ
Place in performance rating	1869	1898
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 A6 APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	1.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	1 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	2
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-1600	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	600 MHz
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		256
Number of pipelines		256
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