AMD PRO A10-8730B vs AMD Phenom II X3 P860

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8730B and AMD Phenom II X3 P860 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8730B

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 65% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1185 vs 831
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2344 vs 1250
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1185 vs 831
PassMark - CPU mark 2344 vs 1250

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8730B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 P860

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1185
831
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2344
1250
Name AMD PRO A10-8730B AMD Phenom II X3 P860
PassMark - Single thread mark 1185 831
PassMark - CPU mark 2344 1250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 916

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A10-8730B AMD Phenom II X3 P860

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors AMD Phenom
Launch date Q3 2016 4 October 2010
OPN Tray AM873BADY44AB HMP860SGR32GM
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2529 2501
Series AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Mobile Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Champlain

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L2 cache 2 MB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of threads 3

Memory

Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
Processor graphics R5
Switchable graphics

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)