AMD PRO A10-8730B vs AMD Turion II Ultra M600

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8730B and AMD Turion II Ultra M600 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, 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).

AMD PRO A10-8730B

AMD Turion II Ultra M600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8730B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
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 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1143 vs 987
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2324 vs 955

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1143 vs 987
PassMark - CPU mark	2324 vs 955

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II Ultra M600

4.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1442 vs 341
2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2456 vs 916

Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1442 vs 341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2456 vs 916

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8730B
CPU 2: AMD Turion II Ultra M600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1143

987

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2324

955

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

341

1442

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

916

2456

Name	AMD PRO A10-8730B	AMD Turion II Ultra M600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1143	987
PassMark - CPU mark	2324	955
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	341	1442
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	916	2456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.072

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8730B	AMD Turion II Ultra M600
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	10 September 2009
OPN Tray	AM873BADY44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2563	2590
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	AMD Turion II Ultra
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Caspian
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Compute Cores	10
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
Number of threads		2
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
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	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)