E2-3000 vs A6-8500P

Primary details

Comparing A6-8500P and E2-3000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2525	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	5.74	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-8500P and E2-3000 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.65 GHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-8500P and E2-3000 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-8500P and E2-3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	+
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-8500P and E2-3000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-8500P and E2-3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	Not Listed	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8280
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-8500P and E2-3000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-8500P and E2-3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-8500P and E2-3000.

PCIe version

3.0

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency

3 June 2015

23 May 2013

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