AMD A10-9700E vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-9700E and AMD Ryzen 7 1700 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD A10-9700E

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-9700E

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 1700

CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2000 vs 1513
4.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14805 vs 3235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 March 2017 vs 5 September 2016
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2000 vs 1513
PassMark - CPU mark	14805 vs 3235

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-9700E
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1513

2000

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3235

14805

Name	AMD A10-9700E	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	1513	2000
PassMark - CPU mark	3235	14805
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		848
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5768
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		50.967
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		11.958

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A10-9700E	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge	Zen
Family	AMD A-Series Processors	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	5 September 2016	2 March 2017
OPN PIB	AD9700AHABBOX	YD1700BBAEBOX
OPN Tray	AD9700AHM44AB	YD1700BBM88AE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1667	1704
Price now	$69.99	$209.43
Series	AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops	AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100)	19.72	19.33
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3 GHz	3 GHz
Compute Cores	10
Die size	246 mm	192 mm
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum core temperature	90°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of GPU cores	6
Transistor count	1178 million	4800 Million
Unlocked
L1 cache		768 KB
L3 cache		16 MB
Number of threads		16
Memory
Max memory channels	3	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	847 MHz
iGPU core count	6
Processor graphics	Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	DirectX® 12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution		Wraith Spire (LED)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	8
PCI Express revision	3.0 x8	3.0 x16
Advanced Technologies
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)