AMD PRO A10-8770 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8770 and AMD Athlon X4 970 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.

AMD PRO A10-8770

AMD Athlon X4 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8770

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3574 vs 3472

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3574 vs 3472

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1616 vs 1596

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1616 vs 1596

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8770
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 970

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1596

1616

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3574

3472

Name	AMD PRO A10-8770	AMD Athlon X4 970
PassMark - Single thread mark	1596	1616
PassMark - CPU mark	3574	3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8770	AMD Athlon X4 970
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	AD877BAGM44AB	AD970XAUM44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1596	1576
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Bristol Ridge
OPN PIB		AD970XAUABBOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1029 MHz
Processor graphics	R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)