AMD A6-8500P vs Intel Celeron 1020E

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-8500P and Intel Celeron 1020E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD A6-8500P

Intel Celeron 1020E

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-8500P

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1253 vs 1224
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1445 vs 1406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2015 vs 1 January 2013
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1253 vs 1224
PassMark - CPU mark	1445 vs 1406

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 1020E

Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-8500P
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 1020E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1253

1224

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1445

1406

Name	AMD A6-8500P	Intel Celeron 1020E
PassMark - Single thread mark	1253	1224
PassMark - CPU mark	1445	1406

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-8500P	Intel Celeron 1020E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Carrizo	Ivy Bridge
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 June 2015	1 January 2013
OPN Tray	AM850PAAY23KA
Place in performance rating	1999	2036
Series	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops	Intel® Celeron® Processor 1000 Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Embedded
Processor Number		1020E
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz	2.20 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	105 °C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	4
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	3100 Million	1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		118 mm
L1 cache		128 KB
L3 cache		2048 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		105 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1 GHz
iGPU core count	4
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
CRT
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP4	FCPGA988, FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm (rPGA988B); 31mm x 24mm (BGA1023)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		1
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4
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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)