AMD A8-3850 vs AMD Phenom II X4 830

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3850 and AMD Phenom II X4 830 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3850

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1214 vs 1084
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2374 vs 2070
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2011 vs September 2009
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1214 vs 1084
PassMark - CPU mark 2374 vs 2070

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 830

  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 5.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1838 vs 361
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5258 vs 1136
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1838 vs 361
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5258 vs 1136

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3850
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 830

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1214
1084
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2374
2070
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
361
1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1136
5258
Name AMD A8-3850 AMD Phenom II X4 830
PassMark - Single thread mark 1214 1084
PassMark - CPU mark 2374 2070
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 361 1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1136 5258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 211.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 43.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-3850 AMD Phenom II X4 830

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Deneb
Launch date June 2011 September 2009
Place in performance rating 1567 1552
Series A-Series (Desktop)
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $79.95
Value for money (0-100) 12.66

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1178 million 758 million
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 95 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)