AMD PRO A12-8870E vs AMD A10-5700

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870E and AMD A10-5700 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870E

  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1448 vs 1432
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3023 vs 2742
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1448 vs 1432
PassMark - CPU mark 3023 vs 2742

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-5700

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870E
CPU 2: AMD A10-5700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1448
1432
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3023
2742
Name AMD PRO A12-8870E AMD A10-5700
PassMark - Single thread mark 1448 1432
PassMark - CPU mark 3023 2742
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 477
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.896
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1879
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1879
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3315

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A12-8870E AMD A10-5700

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD887BAHM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1745 1727
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Trinity
Launch date October 2012

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.4 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) 71 °C
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Switchable graphics

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 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™)