AMD PRO A12-8870 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870 and AMD Athlon X4 970 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD PRO A12-8870

AMD Athlon X4 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1782 vs 1700
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3869 vs 3811

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1782 vs 1700
PassMark - CPU mark	3869 vs 3811

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 970

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1782

1700

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3869

3811

Name	AMD PRO A12-8870	AMD Athlon X4 970
PassMark - Single thread mark	1782	1700
PassMark - CPU mark	3869	3811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8870	AMD Athlon X4 970
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	Q3 2016	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	AD887BAUM44AB	AD970XAUM44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1448	1495
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops	AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Bristol Ridge
OPN PIB		AD970XAUABBOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz	3.8 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1108 MHz
Processor graphics	R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
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™)