AMD PRO A12-8830B vs AMD Athlon II N350

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8830B and AMD Athlon II N350 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 Athlon II N350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8830B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 42% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1323 vs 945
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2499 vs 767

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1323 vs 945
PassMark - CPU mark	2499 vs 767

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8830B
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II N350

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1323

945

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2499

767

Name	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD Athlon II N350
PassMark - Single thread mark	1323	945
PassMark - CPU mark	2499	767
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	436
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1141

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD Athlon II N350
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	4 October 2010
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	2259	2268
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Champlain
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz
Compute Cores	10
L2 cache	2 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		117.5 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)		3200 MHz
L1 cache		256 KB
Number of threads		2
Transistor count		234 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	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)