Apple A8 vs AMD E1-6015
Comparative analysis of Apple A8 and AMD E1-6015 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple A8
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm
Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm vs 28 nm |
Reasons to consider the AMD E1-6015
- 1024x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache | 128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: Apple A8
CPU 2: AMD E1-6015
Name | Apple A8 | AMD E1-6015 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 914 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1515 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 393 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 393 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 985 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 985 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2454 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2454 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.146 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Apple A8 | AMD E1-6015 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Typhoon | Beema |
Launch date | 9 Sep 2014 | Q2'15 |
OS Support | iOS 8.0, iOS 12.5.7, iPadOS 15.7.4, audioOS 11.0, tvOS 9.0, tvOS 16.2 | |
Place in performance rating | 2368 | 2254 |
Processor Number | APL1011 | E1-6015 |
Family | AMD E1-Series for Notebooks | |
Vertical segment | Mobile | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 1.1 GHz | 1400 MHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 1024 KB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | |
Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum frequency | 1.5 GHz | |
Number of cores | 2 | 2 |
Number of threads | 2 | 2 |
Transistor count | 2 billion | |
64 bit support | ||
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 1 | 1 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB | |
Supported memory types | LPDDR3-1600 | DDR3L |
Graphics |
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Execution Units | 16 | |
Graphics base frequency | 533 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 4 | |
Processor graphics | Custom PowerVR Series 6XT | Radeon R2 series |
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | BGA769 (FT3b) | |
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 2.0 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |