AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD PRO A10-8770

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD PRO A10-8770 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD PRO A10-8770

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8770

524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1596 vs 1575
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3574 vs 3366

Specifications (specs)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1596 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	3574 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8770

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

1596

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

3574

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD PRO A10-8770
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	1596
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	3574

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD PRO A10-8770
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri
Launch date	Jul 2015	Q3 2016
Place in performance rating	1612	1589
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD877BAGM44AB
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 A10 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Die size	245 mm²
L1 cache	256K
L2 cache	4MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	2,411 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores		6
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)