AMD PRO A12-8830B vs AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8830B and AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8830B

  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1348 vs 944
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2579 vs 1669
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1348 vs 944
PassMark - CPU mark 2579 vs 1669

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8830B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1348
944
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2579
1669
Name AMD PRO A12-8830B AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1348 944
PassMark - CPU mark 2579 1669
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 436
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1141

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A12-8830B AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date Q3 2016 12 May 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 2330 2338
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops 4x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Champlain

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB
Number of threads 4

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) 45 Watt

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)