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.

 

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 888 891
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