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.

 

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 1917 1915
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