AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD Phenom II X2 P650

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD Phenom II X2 P650 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.

AMD PRO A10-9700B

AMD Phenom II X2 P650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1294 vs 985
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2545 vs 933

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2016 vs 19 October 2010
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294 vs 985
PassMark - CPU mark	2545 vs 933

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 P650

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C

Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 90°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 P650

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1294

985

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2545

933

Name	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Phenom II X2 P650
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294	985
PassMark - CPU mark	2545	933
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2644

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Phenom II X2 P650
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Phenom
Launch date	24 October 2016	19 October 2010
OPN Tray	AM970BADY44AB	HMP650SGR23GM
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1916	1914
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Champlain
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		256 KB
Number of threads		2
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	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
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
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0