AMD PRO A12-8870 vs Intel Core i7-8670

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870 and Intel Core i7-8670 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

  • Around 35% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8670

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8670

Name AMD PRO A12-8870 Intel Core i7-8670
PassMark - Single thread mark 1782
PassMark - CPU mark 3869
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2120
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2120
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2279

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A12-8870 Intel Core i7-8670

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date Q3 2016 January 2018
OPN Tray AD887BAUM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1451 1429
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Coffee Lake

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 6
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)