Apple A8X vs AMD E1-6015

Comparative analysis of Apple A8X 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 A8X

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Number of threads 3 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 2 MB (shared) vs 1024 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD E1-6015

  • 682.7x 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 A8X
CPU 2: AMD E1-6015

Name Apple A8X AMD E1-6015
PassMark - Single thread mark 934
PassMark - CPU mark 2376
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 A8X AMD E1-6015

Essentials

Architecture codename Typhoon Beema
Launch date 16 Oct 2014 Q2'15
OS Support iOS 8.1, iPadOS 15.7.4
Place in performance rating 2314 2254
Processor Number APL1012 E1-6015
Family AMD E1-Series for Notebooks
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.5 GHz 1400 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB (shared) 1024 KB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 1.5 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Number of threads 3 2
Transistor count 3 billion
64 bit support

Memory

Max memory channels 2 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR3-1600 DDR3L

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 450 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850 Radeon R2 series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3b)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)