AMD PRO A10-8770 vs AMD Athlon II X4 638

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8770 and AMD Athlon II X4 638 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A10-8770

AMD Athlon II X4 638

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8770

Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1596 vs 1163
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3574 vs 2250

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1596 vs 1163
PassMark - CPU mark	3574 vs 2250

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 638

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8770
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 638

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1596

1163

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3574

2250

Name	AMD PRO A10-8770	AMD Athlon II X4 638
PassMark - Single thread mark	1596	1163
PassMark - CPU mark	3574	2250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8770	AMD Athlon II X4 638
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	February 2012
OPN Tray	AD877BAGM44AB	AD638XOJZ43GX
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1595	1618
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	AMD Athlon II X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Llano
OPN PIB		AD638XOJGXBOX
Price now		$26.49
Value for money (0-100)		35.55
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.7 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		228 mm
L1 cache		512 KB
Maximum core temperature		70.10°C
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1029 MHz
Processor graphics	R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FM1 uPGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)