E1-2100 vs Pro A6-8500B
Aggregate performance score
Pro A6-8500B outperforms E1-2100 by a whopping 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2525 | 3215 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Carrizo | AMD E-Series |
| Power efficiency | 6.35 | 2.65 |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | Kabini (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 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 | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1 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 case temperature (TCase) | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 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 | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HSA 1.0 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | FMA4 |
| AVX | AVX | + |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | + |
| PowerGating | + | + |
| Out-of-band client management | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | + |
| RAID | + | - |
| HSA | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/DDR3L-1600 | DDR3 |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare R5 Graphics and HD 8210 | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 8210 |
| iGPU core count | 4 | no data |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | 256 | no data |
| Enduro | + | + |
| Switchable graphics | + | + |
| UVD | + | + |
| VCE | + | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | + |
| HDMI | + | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A6-8500B and E1-2100.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.00 | 0.25 |
| Recency | 3 June 2015 | 23 May 2013 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 9 Watt |
Pro A6-8500B has a 300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more threads.
E1-2100, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.
The Pro A6-8500B is our recommended choice as it beats the E1-2100 in performance tests.
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