AMD A10-8700P vs AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-8700P and AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A10-8700P

AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-8700P

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2245 vs 1165

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2015 vs 12 May 2011
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1146 vs 1142
PassMark - CPU mark	2245 vs 1165

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-8700P
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1146

1142

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2245

1165

Name	AMD A10-8700P	AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1146	1142
PassMark - CPU mark	2245	1165
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	372
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	5.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1563
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4890
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1563
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4890

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A10-8700P	AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Carrizo	Champlain
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 June 2015	12 May 2011
OPN Tray	AM870PAAY43KA
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2108	2135
Series	AMD A10-Series APU for AIOs	2x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment	All-in-One	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.8 GHz
Compute Cores	10
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6
Number of threads	4	2
Transistor count	3100 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		256 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	6
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP4	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0