AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE 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.

AMD PRO A10-9700B

AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700B

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2545 vs 1262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 October 2016 vs 12 May 2010
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2545 vs 1262

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1339 vs 1294

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1339 vs 1294

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1294

1339

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2545

1262

Name	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1294	1339
PassMark - CPU mark	2545	1262

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A10-9700B	AMD Phenom II X2 X620 BE
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	24 October 2016	12 May 2010
OPN Tray	AM970BADY44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1916	1926
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops	2x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Champlain
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
Number of threads		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
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	45 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
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0