AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD A8-3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD A8-3500M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1331 vs 822
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2585 vs 1410
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 October 2016 vs 14 June 2011
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1331 vs 822
PassMark - CPU mark 2585 vs 1410

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3500M

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD A8-3500M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1331
822
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2585
1410
Name AMD PRO A10-9700B AMD A8-3500M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1331 822
PassMark - CPU mark 2585 1410
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 250
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 805
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2610
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5455

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A10-9700B AMD A8-3500M

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 24 October 2016 14 June 2011
OPN Tray AM970BADY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1782 1788
Series AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Llano

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 218 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1000 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 758 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0