AMD PRO A10-8850B vs Intel Pentium G4500T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-8850B and Intel Pentium G4500T 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 G4500T

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 37% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3 GHz
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3752 vs 2399

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3752 vs 2399

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G4500T

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1865 vs 1611

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1865 vs 1611

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-8850B
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G4500T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1611

1865

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3752

2399

Name	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Pentium G4500T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1611	1865
PassMark - CPU mark	3752	2399
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		3394
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5792

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-8850B	Intel Pentium G4500T
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	815	810
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Skylake
Launch date		1 September 2015
Processor Number		G4500T
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.00 GHz
Compute Cores	12
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	8
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Die size		99 mm
L1 cache		128 KB
L3 cache		4 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	950 MHz
iGPU core count	512
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID		0x1912
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015A (35W)
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
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		N / A
Max resolution over WiDi		1080p
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot