The AMD E1-6010 is a very basic processor for inexpensive laptops. Featuring two cores, a clock speed of only 1.35GHz, and 1MB of cache, the E1-6010 “Beema” APU can’t offer anything but entry-level performance. In fact, it is one of the slowest notebook-use CPUs on the market today, as you can see in the PassMark benchmark comparison chart.
However, it can be used for the daily chores and provides an acceptable experience if you don’t do anything too complex on it and don’t multitask too much. Just like the competing Intel Celeron N2820/N2830/N2840 series CPUs we reviewed recently.
In the video below, you can see what doing everyday light tasks on a laptop with the E1-6010 looks like. It’s a Dell Inspiron 3541 series configuration with 4GB of RAM and a mechanical hard drive. Scrolling through web pages is quite smooth, as well as switching between a couple of opened apps – YouTube video in Internet explorer, a text document in WordPad, and a 5MP image in Paint.net. YouTube 1080p-resolution videos play without a glitch. The aforementioned Intel Celerons provide a bit snappier experience, but overall the E1-6010 has a real life performance very close to them.
As for gaming, the Radeon R2 is also similar to the Intel HD integrated graphics used in the Celeron chips. This means playable frame rates only in less demanding games on lower graphics settings and low 720p resolution. Under these conditions, our test showed playable are League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and Team Fortress 2, all running at about 25 fps.
However, in some titles the E1-6010 / Radeon R2 performed unexpectedly bad. Among the tested games, in Dota 2 and Minecraft in particular. Due to some reason, the frame rates on the lowest settings and 720p resolution were around 10fps in Dota 2 and around 15 fps in Minecraft most of the time. It appears the CPU clock speed of 1.35GHz throttles the system in these games. On the other hand, Minecraft and Dota 2 are playable on the Celeron CPUs at above 20 fps.
Performance of the E1-6010 is sacrificed big time in interest of lower costs, better power efficiency, and lower heat. The processor consumes 10 Watts, which is below consumption of the popular Intel Core series chips with 15W or greater TDP, but still above the Celeron N-series with 7.5W TDP. The E1 runs quite cool. In the tested notebook, the CPU temperatures were between 40 degrees Celsius on idle and up to 60 degrees under heavy stress. The laptop itself stayed almost cold most of the time with fans blowing only occasionally on low and quiet rotating speeds.
All in all, the E1-6010 review shows us that even the cheapest notebooks with slowest CPUs on the current market are usable machines, which perform the daily web, office, and multimedia tasks at acceptable speeds and even run some lighter games.
Update: The E1-6015 is an updated version of the same chip. The only difference between the 6010 and 6015 are their clock speeds of 1.35 and 1.4 MHz, respectively, without any noticeable impact on performance.
i hav this processer, but as described above, it is working more slow than you said. i own inspiron 15 3541 with win-8.1. please suggest me some solution fast to make my pc fast. please help me.
Can I run Fifa 14 or 15 and GTA V
Amd e1 is best for intel core
Amd e1 properly support win 8.1 or win 7
In general I am very satisfied but anyway I wanted to ask if I can replace this proccesor. Somewhere I read that these proccesors are soldered on a motherboard. Is it true or can I replace it with an A6-6310, which seems to use same specs? Thanks.
I bought a laptop for my dad equipped with this cpu.
I installed on it Lubuntu (i previously installed mint but the overall perfomance was very weak).
he usually surf internet, uses skype with my brother that live abroad, write documents and use spreadsheet and play sometimes basic 3d games.
I can’t say this cpu is fast but so far he never complained me :D.
Anyway i think with windows OS the notebook would be slower.
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Sir My Question Is This Processor Is Able To Run Kali_Lunix Or Black_Box Smoothly.
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Hi there,
I have this exact cpu with radeon r2 and 4GB ram. Can I run CS Global Offensive? I see on the review that it runs pretty smoothly but surfin’ the Internet I did run into some posts saying that they cannot run CS:GO with this cpu / graphic card.
I’ve got an HP 20-2201ns if it helps.
Thank you in advance!!
Hey. My hp 255 g4 order is on its way and i want to ask some questioquestions. Is the e1-6015 faster than the 6010? Do I have to unscrew a portion of the back panel to fit in a new 2gb or 4gb ddr3 single stick ram or a whole disassembly ?.p.s what ram modules are compatible, i don’t want to damage my motherboard “again” ?
Can I upgrade the system with this specification 2gb ram to 4 or 8 gb ram? or How can I make it work faster?
I have dell 15 3252 , out of warranty it is very very slow may be coz of AMD E1 processor with 1.35 GHZ clock speed with win 10 . 4GB RAM .. suggest me some changes for this laptop so that my laptop can be made fast. whether i can upgrade processor AMD E1 R2 graphics or 4GB RAM or WIN 10 . it shuld be run for only win7 .
i have a dell laptop of vostro 14 3000 series with amd e1-6010 apu with amd raedon r2 graphics. It runs very slow. can it changed to any intel processor?
Hello,
I have a Compaq 15h003nl with amd e1-6010 apu and only 1 memory slot (SO-DIMM) with 4Gb RAM (DDR3L-SDRAM).
Do you think I could take over the current RAM with a 8Gb or 16Gb new one?
What type of RAM could be suitable for it? Thanks in advance
which motherboard does this laptop cpu?
Hello I have problem in my Lenovo g50-45 AMD E1
My computer works slowly
If I install any off application software it doesn’t work as a permanently
Also when I watch videos on YouTube the video it goes like very slowly
So can you help me
I need to become my computer as look like when I was buying a Lenovo company
Thanks
Hi Daniel, l have an all in one HP with Amd E1-6010 R2 graphics with 4 gb RAM 1.35 ghz… and too slow…what should look for… intel i5,i7 processor or 8 or 16 gb RAM? Thanks a million!
Pls I have an acer laptop with an Amd E1-6010 Apu With Radeon R2 Graphics X2 (1.35ghz) But The Problem Is When Playing Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 It Will Always Hang And I Dont Know What To Do But When I Checked The Specifications Of The Game It Says The Processor Is Not Allowed Pls What Should I Do ?
Hi Danijel Z, it’s great to see you’re still replying to questions on this old but great review from 2014! Anyway to my suprise, my low cost backup Lenovo B50-45 notebook is still working great today even after updating to the latest version of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Chrome etc. It has the E1 6010 with 4GB RAM. Anyway do you know if AMD QuickStream supports the E1 processor? I looked at the datasheet and it only mentions the A4 which is slower than the E1?
Hi I have a Lenovo G40-45 laptop with AMD E1-6010 APU with AMD R2 Graphics ,1350Mhz, 2 cores with 2 GB memory . it is very slow can i Upgrade it to 10 GB by adding 8 GB RAM i.e. 2GB+8GB does it comapable.
Hello Daniel.
I have an HP laptop with AMD E1-6010 APU with AMD R2 Graphics ,1350Mhz, 2 cores with 2 GB memory . I recently upgraded it to windows 10 but the “adjust brightness” button won’t work. I tried looking for a graphics driver I can install but can’t find one. I would really appreciate any assistance you can give me.
Thank you
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AMD E1-6010 with Radeon R2 Integrated Graphics
I have Lenovo g50-45 AMD E1, is that laptop using Sata 3 for hardisk? because I plan to change my hardisk to wd green ssd. But someone said that if my laptop using Sata 2, SSD speed will decrease 50%.
Hello Sir,
I am using Dell 3541 laptop E1-6010 with Radeonâ„¢ R2 Graphics, 4gb ram, clock speed is 1.35, But i want to upgrade my laptop processor speed from 1.35 up to 2 to 2.2 GHZ. Please suggest good processor name.
Hi
I have a HP laptop with AMD E1-6010 with Radeon R2 Integrated Graphics runnign at 1.40GHz and was wondering if it is possible to overclock my APU
Where can I find driver for it
I have a laptop with AMD E-6015 and radeon r2 but this review is a little bit off.If you optimize it enough and have your drivers updated CS:GO can be played in 40 fps,league of legends 40 fps,lowest 25 and minecraft in 100+ on low settings.
AMD E1 6010 is the most worst processor i ever experienced with. This device make my life hell. Recently i just upgraded my HDD to SSD, but overall performance is worst yet :/
I pity the souls using this processor in 2019. I was given an HP laptop for some maintenance and I was shocked how slow the cpu was. This cpu is ruining a perfectly good laptop.
It has great gaming capacity
I can play call of duty modern warfare 1,2,3, Black ops 1,2 ,gta 4 ,farcry3
Hello people. using this processor currently. If I add on more RAM will it become faster?
Hi. I have asus laptop with amd E1. Can i run call of duty modern warfare 1,2,3
Hey I’m using Toshiba satellite Laptop with AMD radeon E1 6010 graphics card but my games still lag . They don’t play very well . I’ve updated my drivers but it still wont stop .Even the low end laptop games wont play. What am I supposed to do?
i downloaded Counter Strike Global Offensive i am so happy plese can you give me more games that work on AMD E1-6010 down my email-atulsingh.140906@gmail.com plese send me and thanks again
Update to kernel 5.5, there are huge improvements in video driver also for this apu.
The E1 is a very bad cpu, it cannot even run a 720p video on youtube.
I have an HP notebook with AMD E1-6010 with Radeon R2 Integrated Graphics and 2GB ram, can i upgrade ram, if yes then upto how much? As I want to run Saints Row 3 and GTA 4 smoothly.
I have lenovo pc AMD E1-601 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics. I have installed windows 8.1 in it. Can I run Android Studios in it?
The Amd E1-6010 is not a very powerful processor. but if you install Linux. you can run more things than Windows. I strongly recommend to experienced people to switch to Linux.
My processor is AMD E1-6010 APU with AMD Radeon R2 graphics 1.35GHZ ,Dell Inspiron 15, 3000 series can I update windows 10 to speed up my laptop
I have lenovo pc AMD E1-601 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics. what i want to know is why is too slow when windows 10 installed and i want to buy a processes to the laptop, so which type or model is suitable for it?
Can I run visual studio in amd E1 -6010
Hi daniel
I have e1 6010 and amd r2 graphics i do not face issues while playing games but the problem is i can’t run any emulator. It says the virtualization is not enabled please enable it on bios. But in the bios there is no option showing virtualization. Can anyone please help with that.
I have lenovo pc AMD E1-601 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics…Can i run Anaconda and Python in it…is it still suited for coding and programming… anyone reply pls..
Hello and thank you for the article I have a Lenovo with AMD Radeon r2 1.35ghz I wanted to know if I can run stronghold legends? thanks again