AMD PRO A12-8870 vs Intel Pentium G4600T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870 and Intel Pentium G4600T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 40% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3849 vs 3062
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3849 vs 3062

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G4600T

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1775 vs 1761
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1775 vs 1761

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G4600T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1761
1775
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3849
3062
Name AMD PRO A12-8870 Intel Pentium G4600T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1761 1775
PassMark - CPU mark 3849 3062

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A12-8870 Intel Pentium G4600T

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date Q3 2016 January 2017
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 1469 1470
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Kaby Lake
Price now $99.44
Processor Number G4600T
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 12.66

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 3.00 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 65 °C
Maximum core temperature 92°C
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 4

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz 1.05 GHz
Processor graphics R7 Intel® HD Graphics 630
Switchable graphics
Device ID 0x5912
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.4

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 2.20 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot