A8 Pro-7150B vs Ryzen 5 1500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1122	2487
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.94	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	8.34	4.81
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	213 mm2	245 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	2410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	-	6
Number of pipelines	-	384
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8 Pro-7150B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.75	0.97
Recency	16 March 2017	4 June 2014
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	19 Watt

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