AMD PRO A10-8850B vs Intel Core i9-9960X

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8850B and Intel Core i9-9960X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD PRO A10-8850B

Intel Core i9-9960X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9960X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
28 more threads: 32 vs 4
Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 85°C vs 72.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2615 vs 1611
8.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30580 vs 3752

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature	85°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	1 MB (per core) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2615 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark	30580 vs 3752

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8850B
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9960X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1611

2615

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3752

30580

Name	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Core i9-9960X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1611	2615
PassMark - CPU mark	3752	30580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	94.575
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1158
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		14294
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		13076

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Core i9-9960X
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD885BXBI44JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	813	620
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Skylake
Launch date		October 2018
Processor Number		i9-9960X
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.10 GHz
Compute Cores	12
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	85°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	4.40 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	4	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache		64K (per core)
L3 cache		22 MB (shared)
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2666
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	512
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		44
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)