AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B vs AMD Pro A6-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B and AMD Pro A6-8500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B

AMD Pro A6-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4829 vs 1601

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2018 vs 3 June 2015
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4829 vs 1601

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A6-8500B

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 16 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1340 vs 1230

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 16 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1340 vs 1230

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A6-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1230

1340

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4829

1601

Name	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B	AMD Pro A6-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1230	1340
PassMark - CPU mark	4829	1601

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B	AMD Pro A6-8500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Carrizo
Launch date	2018	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	YE1500C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating	1910	1903
Vertical segment	Embedded	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
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	8	4
Compute Cores		6
Maximum frequency		3 GHz
Number of GPU cores		4
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Supported memory frequency		1600 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt	15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
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)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
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