AMD PRO A10-9700B vs AMD Pro A8-8600B

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A10-9700B and AMD Pro A8-8600B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1294 vs 1090
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2545 vs 2190
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 October 2016 vs 3 June 2015
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1294 vs 1090
PassMark - CPU mark 2545 vs 2190

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A10-9700B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A8-8600B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1294
1090
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2545
2190
Name AMD PRO A10-9700B AMD Pro A8-8600B
PassMark - Single thread mark 1294 1090
PassMark - CPU mark 2545 2190
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 362
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1026
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 229.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 39.061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2559
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2559

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A10-9700B AMD Pro A8-8600B

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 24 October 2016 3 June 2015
OPN Tray AM970BADY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1916 1911
Series AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Carrizo

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 1.6 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 10
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 3100 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-2133

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 758 MHz 720 MHz
Processor graphics R7 AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
iGPU core count 384
Number of pipelines 384

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0