A6-9225 vs Xeon E3-1505M v6

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1505M v6
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.85
+464%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by a whopping 464% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking11862466
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.39no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E3AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$623no data
Current price$2850 (4.6x MSRP)$451

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache256 KB160 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
Socketno dataBGA
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataDDR4-2133 RAM (1 channel), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
SIPP+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics P630AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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.

Xeon E3-1505M v6 4.85
+464%
A6-9225 0.86

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 464% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 7496
+462%
A6-9225 1333

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 462% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 1237
+356%
A6-9225 271

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 356% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 3790
+737%
A6-9225 453

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 737% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 6332
+150%
A6-9225 2532

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 150% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 23780
+467%
A6-9225 4193

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 467% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 7714
+262%
A6-9225 2132

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 262% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 11.01
+139%
A6-9225 26.28

A6-9225 outperforms Xeon E3-1505M v6 by 139% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 8
+565%
A6-9225 1

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 565% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 737
+579%
A6-9225 109

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 579% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 170
+133%
A6-9225 73

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 133% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 1.92
+126%
A6-9225 0.85

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 126% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 4.4
+336%
A6-9225 1

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 336% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 4554
+435%
A6-9225 852

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 435% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 49
+433%
A6-9225 9

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 433% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 185
+278%
A6-9225 49

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 278% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 14680
+373%
A6-9225 3103

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 373% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Xeon E3-1505M v6 4042
+118%
A6-9225 1855

Xeon E3-1505M v6 outperforms A6-9225 by 118% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.85 0.86
Integrated graphics card 3.10 1.17
Recency 3 January 2017 1 June 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E3-1505M v6 has a 464% higher aggregate performance score, 165% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

A6-9225, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E3-1505M v6 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9225 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1505M v6 is a mobile workstation processor while A6-9225 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1505M v6 and A6-9225, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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