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.

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Intel Core i7-2715QE

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	1802	1809
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)