AMD A8-4500M vs AMD Phenom II X3 N870

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4500M and AMD Phenom II X3 N870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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 A8-4500M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 920 vs 900
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1689 vs 1324
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 16 December 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 920 vs 900
PassMark - CPU mark 1689 vs 1324

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N870

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1396 vs 319
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3154 vs 850
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 384 KB vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1396 vs 319
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3154 vs 850

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4500M
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
920
900
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1689
1324
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
319
1396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
850
3154
Name AMD A8-4500M AMD Phenom II X3 N870
PassMark - Single thread mark 920 900
PassMark - CPU mark 1689 1324
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 319 1396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 850 3154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4413

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-4500M AMD Phenom II X3 N870

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Champlain
Launch date 15 May 2012 16 December 2010
Place in performance rating 1994 1972
Series AMD A-Series AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Mobile Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HMN870DCR32GM

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 4 3
Transistor count 1303 Million
Base frequency 2.3 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C
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Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3