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AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G vs AMD 3015e vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G

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The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G is a dual-core SoC designed for embedded systems that was announced in March 2019. It is similar to the Ryzen 3 3200U (or the 2200U with slightly increased clock speed) and based on the first generation of the Zen architecture. The Ryzen features two Zen cores with support for the thread-doubling SMT tech, clocked at 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz. The built-in Radeon RX Vega 3 iGPU has 3 CUs (192 unified shaders) clocked at up to 1,200 MHz. The default TDP is 15 W which makes the Ryzen a good fit for thin mid-range laptops.

In comparison to the faster Ryzen 3000 CPUs, the 3200U and therefore the R1606G is not using the newer Zen+ microarchitecture and is still manufactured in 14nm. Compared to the old Ryzen 3 2200U, the 3200U and R1606G therefore only offers a 100 MHz higher clock speed.

The R1606G is compatible with single-channel or dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM. Please go to our Raven Ridge launch article for details on the architecture and more.

AMD 3015e

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The AMD 3015e is a dual-core, quad-thread processor (APU) of the Pollock product family. Its cores run at 1.2 GHz to 2.3 GHz and it has a low 6 W TDP, making it a good option for use in passively cooled laptops and ultra-small mini-PCs of the more affordable flavour. The processor first saw the light of day in 2020; it has a built-in Vega 3 graphics adapter running at up to 600 MHz.

Architecture & Features

This chip makes use of the rather dated Zen architecture for comparatively poor performance-per-MHz values. It has 4 MB of L3 cache and several PCI-Express 3.0 lanes for connecting NVMe SSDs, discrete graphics cards and other devices; its RAM controller functions in single-channel mode and supports DDR4-1600 memory or slower. AMD 3015e is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 11, and many Linux distros as well. Please note this is not a user-replaceable CPU. It gets soldered permanently to the motherboard (FT5 socket interface).

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 3015e as of August 2023, we have some performance data for the 3050e, a chip that is just slightly superior. Based on that, the 3015e is a low-end option competing with the likes of the Intel N4500 and the Intel 4415U that is good for basic tasks and applications only.

Graphics

The Vega 3 runs at an unusually low clock rate of 600 MHz, or less. It will let you connect several monitors in resolutions as high as UHD 2160p, and it will happily decode AVC, HEVC and VP9-encoded videos, too. The latest AV1 video codec is not supported; such a video will have to be software-decoded, with the limited CPU horsepower putting a hard limit on video resolution that can be played back without stuttering. Expect to see a lot of dropped frames when watching a 1080p30 video.

Gaming is possible to a very limited extent with this iGPU. Even if it's CS:GO or a similarly old game that you want to play, be prepared to set the settings to Low.

Power consumption

This little AMD processor has a low default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 6 W, making it one of the better options for use in a passively cooled laptop, tablet, mini-PC.

The AMD 3015e is manufactured on a 14 nm process leading to poor, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 PRO 2500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U is a mobile APU for thin and light business laptops that was announced in January 2017. Compared to the similar consumer Ryzen 5 2500U, the PRO 2500U offers additional security features and longer part availability / warranty.

It includes four Zen cores clocked at 2 to 3.6 GHz and offers 4 MB L3-Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 8 and offers 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1100 MHz. The TDP is configurable between 12 and 25 Watt (15 Watt nominal). More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.

ModelAMD Ryzen Embedded R1606GAMD 3015eAMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
CodenameZenPollock (Zen)Zen
SeriesAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Series: Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) Zen
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G3.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2600H3.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G « 2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon 300U2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD 3015e « 1.2 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD 3015Ce1.2 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G3.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2600H3.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U « 2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon 300U2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2600 - 3500 MHz1200 - 2300 MHz2000 - 3600 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB192 KB384 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 44 / 8
TDP15 Watt6 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million
Technology14 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C105 °C
SocketFP5FT5AM4
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-1600 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 600 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 R1606G +
1842 Points (2%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 R1606G +
888 Points (38%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 R1606G +
350 Points (39%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 R1606G +
710 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 R1606G +
317 Points (2%)
min: 541     avg: 561     median: 553 (3%)     max: 589 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 R1606G +
139 Points (39%)
min: 132     avg: 135     median: 134 (38%)     max: 139 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 6.04     avg: 6.3     median: 6.1 (8%)     max: 6.74 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.5     avg: 1.5     median: 1.6 (37%)     max: 1.58 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4204     avg: 4312     median: 4349 (26%)     max: 4382 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 12294     avg: 14380     median: 14336 (10%)     max: 16509 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 20209     avg: 20660     median: 20659.5 (13%)     max: 21110 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 6921     avg: 7052     median: 7052 (9%)     max: 7183 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 386.4     avg: 386.6     median: 386.6 (5%)     max: 386.7 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 12.25     avg: 12.4     median: 12.4 (2%)     max: 12.47 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 2677     avg: 2700     median: 2699.5 (4%)     max: 2722 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
100%
1 R1606G +
8969 MIPS (5%)
2794 MIPS (2%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
1 R1606G +
3528 MIPS (42%)
4102 MIPS (48%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 32.42     avg: 33.9     median: 33.9 (11%)     max: 35.4 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 68.4     avg: 97.7     median: 97.7 (23%)     max: 127 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
100%
1 R1606G +
2 fps (4%)
3 fps (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.376     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (12%)     max: 0.409 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.54     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (10%)     max: 0.662 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 3.3     avg: 3.4     median: 3.4 (9%)     max: 3.5 GB/s
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 R1606G +
1456 Seconds (10%)
min: 900     avg: 1007     median: 1007 (7%)     max: 1114 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 R1606G +
0.8 sec (17%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3945     avg: 5161     median: 5635 (12%)     max: 5904 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 12.56     avg: 12.7     median: 12.7 (3%)     max: 12.84 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 28.85     avg: 29.4     median: 29.3 (1%)     max: 29.84 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 714     avg: 729     median: 728.5 (3%)     max: 743 s
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5540     avg: 5874     median: 5673 (14%)     max: 6608 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 34587     avg: 35370     median: 35245 (29%)     max: 36279 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30318     avg: 33819     median: 35419 (29%)     max: 35721 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 28138     avg: 29521     median: 29789 (25%)     max: 30637 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 3259     avg: 5254     median: 5586.5 (14%)     max: 6584 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6370     avg: 8014     median: 8405 (15%)     max: 8877 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1922     avg: 2225     median: 2322 (10%)     max: 2432 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
877 Points (34%)
464 Points (18%)
887 Points (35%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
1903 Points (3%)
860 Points (2%)
3135 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3353     avg: 3492     median: 3492 (35%)     max: 3631 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9096     avg: 9629     median: 9343 (9%)     max: 10447 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3430     avg: 3480     median: 3480 (47%)     max: 3530 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9398     avg: 9760     median: 9759.5 (24%)     max: 10121 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12111     avg: 12422     median: 12421.5 (22%)     max: 12732 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3218     avg: 3326     median: 3326 (65%)     max: 3434 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12561     avg: 12956     median: 12956 (20%)     max: 13351 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3486     avg: 3600     median: 3600 (54%)     max: 3714 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 5889     avg: 6820     median: 6820 (55%)     max: 7751 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 5363     avg: 6035     median: 6034.5 (55%)     max: 6706 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 16158     avg: 16310     median: 16310 (32%)     max: 16462 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 10070     avg: 10169     median: 10168.5 (20%)     max: 10267 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 10841     avg: 11156     median: 11156 (29%)     max: 11471 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 R1606G +
1131 ms (1%)
min: 1376     avg: 1488     median: 1429 (2%)     max: 1659 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
138.1 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 23903     avg: 24308     median: 24308 (20%)     max: 24713 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 R1606G +
148 Points (27%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 R1606G +
626 Points (24%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD 3015e → 49% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U → 133% n=2

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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