Apple A8 vs AMD E2-9000e

Comparative analysis of Apple A8 and AMD E2-9000e 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).

Apple A8

AMD E2-9000e

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 E2-9000e

Around 133233% higher clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1.5 GHz
1280x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2000 MHz vs 1.5 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A8
CPU 2: AMD E2-9000e

Name	Apple A8	AMD E2-9000e
PassMark - Single thread mark	914
PassMark - CPU mark	1517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		647
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		647
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1406
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1406

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A8	AMD E2-9000e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Typhoon	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	9 Sep 2014
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	2643
Processor Number	APL1011
Family		AMD E2-Series for Notebooks
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	1.1 GHz	1500 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	1024 KB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz	2000 MHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	2 billion	1.2 billion
64 bit support
Memory
Max memory channels	1	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	14.9 GB/s
Maximum memory size	2 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1600	DDR4-1866
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	533 MHz	600 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Processor graphics	Custom PowerVR Series 6XT	Radeon R2 series
Number of pipelines		128
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Package Size		micro-BGA
Sockets supported		BGA (FT4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		6 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)