AMD PRO A10-8730B vs AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8730B and AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE 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.

AMD PRO A10-8730B

AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8730B

Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1208 vs 785
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2382 vs 1797

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1208 vs 785
PassMark - CPU mark	2382 vs 1797

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8730B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1208

785

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2382

1797

Name	AMD PRO A10-8730B	AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1208	785
PassMark - CPU mark	2382	1797
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8730B	AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Phenom
Launch date	Q3 2016	1 January 2011
OPN Tray	AM873BADY44AB	HMX940HIR42GM
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2421	2446
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	AMD Phenom II Black Edition Quad-Core Mobile Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Champlain
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Compute Cores	10
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		512 KB
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Number of threads		4
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	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)