AMD PRO A12-8830B vs AMD A10-4657M

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8830B and AMD A10-4657M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, 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 A12-8830B

AMD A10-4657M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8830B

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1348 vs 940
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2579 vs 1759

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1348 vs 940
PassMark - CPU mark	2579 vs 1759

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4657M

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8830B
CPU 2: AMD A10-4657M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1348

940

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2579

1759

Name	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD A10-4657M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1348	940
PassMark - CPU mark	2579	1759
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	436
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1141

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD A10-4657M
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	1 April 2013
OPN Tray	AM883BADY44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2330	2335
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops	AMD A-Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Trinity
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz
Compute Cores	10
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1303 Million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	758 MHz
Processor graphics	R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)