AMD A9-9430 vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD A9-9430 and AMD PRO A12-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD A9-9430

AMD PRO A12-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A9-9430

Around 83233% higher clock speed: 3500 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Maximum frequency	3500 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A9-9430
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

Name	AMD A9-9430	AMD PRO A12-8870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	142.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	830
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	830
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4616
PassMark - Single thread mark		1816
PassMark - CPU mark		3969

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A9-9430	AMD PRO A12-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge
Family	AMD A9-Series	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Place in performance rating	1325	1313
Processor Number	A9-9430
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch date		Q3 2016
OPN Tray		AD887BAUM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3200 MHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3500 MHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Processor graphics	Radeon R5 series	R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
Switchable graphics
Compatibility
Package Size	micro-BGA
Sockets supported	BGA (FT4)	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
FreeSync
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan