AMD Athlon X4 870K vs AMD A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 870K and AMD A12-9800E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

AMD Athlon X4 870K

AMD A12-9800E

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 870K

Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 532 vs 494
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1619 vs 1441

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532 vs 494
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619 vs 1441

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9800E

Around 24% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 72.40°C
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1617 vs 1558
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3471 vs 3410

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 72.40°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1617 vs 1558
PassMark - CPU mark	3471 vs 3410

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 870K
CPU 2: AMD A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1617

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3410

3471

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

532

494

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1619

1441

Name	AMD Athlon X4 870K	AMD A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1617
PassMark - CPU mark	3410	3471
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532	494
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619	1441
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1156
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2623

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 870K	AMD A12-9800E
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB	AD870KXBJCSBX	AD9800AHABBOX
Place in performance rating	2129	1931
Series	AMD Athlon X4	AMD A12-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Bristol Ridge
Launch date		5 September 2016
Launch price (MSRP)		$105
OPN Tray		AD9800AHM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$113.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.19
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		12
Die size		246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 95W
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		DirectX® 12
Vulkan
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)