Intel Pentium N6415 vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium N6415 and AMD Pro A8-8600B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium N6415

AMD Pro A8-8600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium N6415

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 6.5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1242 vs 1090
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2816 vs 2180

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6.5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1242 vs 1090
PassMark - CPU mark	2816 vs 2180

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A8-8600B

Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	2 MB vs 1.5 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium N6415
CPU 2: AMD Pro A8-8600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1242

1090

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2816

2180

Name	Intel Pentium N6415	AMD Pro A8-8600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1242	1090
PassMark - CPU mark	2816	2180
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		229.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		39.061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2559
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2559

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium N6415	AMD Pro A8-8600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Elkhart Lake	Carrizo
Launch date	Q1'21	3 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1947	1911
Processor Number	N6415
Series	Intel Pentium Processor N Series	AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
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
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.20 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Operating Temperature Range	0°C to 70°C
Compute Cores		10
Number of GPU cores		6
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	4x32 LPDDR4/x 3200MT/s Max 16GB / 2x64 DDR4 3200MT/s Max 32GB	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	720 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Enduro
iGPU core count		384
Number of pipelines		384
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@ 60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	Yes	12
OpenGL	Yes
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	35mm x 24mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1493	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6.5 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	8
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	PCIe 0: 1 x4/2 x2/1 x2 + 2 x1/4 x1, PCIe 1-3: 1 x2/1 x1
Total number of SATA ports	2
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0/3.1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
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)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0