AMD PRO A12-8870E vs AMD A8-5600K

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870E and AMD A8-5600K 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

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1448 vs 1429
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3023 vs 2855
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1448 vs 1429
PassMark - CPU mark 3023 vs 2855

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5600K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870E
CPU 2: AMD A8-5600K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1448
1429
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3023
2855
Name AMD PRO A12-8870E AMD A8-5600K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1448 1429
PassMark - CPU mark 3023 2855
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 488
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1366
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 11.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.213
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 807
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 807
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1596
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6089

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A12-8870E AMD A8-5600K

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 1749
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops AMD A-Series (Desktop)
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Trinity
Launch date 26 September 2012

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1303 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 100 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™)