AMD E2-9000 vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD E2-9000 and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD E2-9000

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD E2-9000

CPU is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Launch date	1 June 2016 vs 3 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 817
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1601 vs 968

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 817
PassMark - CPU mark	1601 vs 968

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD E2-9000
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

817

1340

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

968

1601

Name	AMD E2-9000	AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	817	1340
PassMark - CPU mark	968	1601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3313

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD E2-9000	AMD Pro A6-8500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge	Carrizo
Launch date	1 June 2016	3 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1824	1802
Series	Bristol Ridge	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops
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
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	124.5 mm
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	4
Transistor count	1200 Million	3100 Million
Base frequency		1.6 GHz
Compute Cores		6
L2 cache		1 MB
Number of GPU cores		4
Unlocked
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt
Sockets supported		FP4
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		256
Number of pipelines		256
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
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