AMD PRO A12-8830B vs AMD Pro A10-8700B

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8830B and AMD Pro A10-8700B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD PRO A12-8830B

AMD Pro A10-8700B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8830B

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1323 vs 1122
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2499 vs 2217
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 436 vs 325
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1141 vs 883

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1323 vs 1122
PassMark - CPU mark	2499 vs 2217
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	436 vs 325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1141 vs 883

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8830B
CPU 2: AMD Pro A10-8700B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1323

1122

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2499

2217

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

436

325

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1141

883

Name	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD Pro A10-8700B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1323	1122
PassMark - CPU mark	2499	2217
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	436	325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1141	883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2.877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1763
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1763

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8830B	AMD Pro A10-8700B
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	3 June 2015
OPN Tray	AM883BADY44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 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	2259	2260
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Carrizo
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz	1.8 GHz
Compute Cores	10	10
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz	2133 MHz
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory types		DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	758 MHz	800 MHz
Processor graphics	R7	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Enduro
iGPU core count		384
Number of pipelines		384
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0