AMD Pro A6-8500B vs Intel Core i7-2715QE

Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A6-8500B and Intel Core i7-2715QE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1287
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2015 vs January 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1340 vs 1287

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-2715QE

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3221 vs 1601
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3221 vs 1601

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Pro A6-8500B
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-2715QE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1340
1287
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1601
3221
Name AMD Pro A6-8500B Intel Core i7-2715QE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1340 1287
PassMark - CPU mark 1601 3221

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Pro A6-8500B Intel Core i7-2715QE

Essentials

Architecture codename Carrizo Sandy Bridge
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 3 June 2015 January 2011
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1901 1913
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i7-2715QE
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.6 GHz 2.10 GHz
Compute Cores 6
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 3100 Million 1160 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 100 C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-1600 DDR3 1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size 16.6 GB

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz 1.2 GHz
iGPU core count 256
Number of pipelines 256
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
CRT
eDP
Number of displays supported 2
SDVO
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP4 FCBGA1023
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 31mm x 24mm (FCBGA1023)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
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
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)