AMD PRO A10-8850B vs Intel Pentium G3430

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8850B and Intel Pentium G3430 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, 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.

AMD PRO A10-8850B

Intel Pentium G3430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 72°C
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3752 vs 2127

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C vs 72°C
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3752 vs 2127

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3430

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 53 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1611

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1912 vs 1611

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8850B
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3430

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1611

1912

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3752

2127

Name	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Pentium G3430
PassMark - Single thread mark	1611	1912
PassMark - CPU mark	3752	2127
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		3295
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5528

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Pentium G3430
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	829
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)		$116
Price now		$89.99
Processor Number		G3430
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		11.11
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.30 GHz
Compute Cores	12
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	72°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.1 GHz
iGPU core count	512
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.1/12
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	53 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013C
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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)