AMD PRO A12-8870E vs AMD Athlon II X4 615e

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870E and AMD Athlon II X4 615e 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.

AMD PRO A12-8870E

AMD Athlon II X4 615e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870E

Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1448 vs 1037
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3023 vs 2000

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1448 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark	3023 vs 2000

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870E
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 615e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1448

1037

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3023

2000

Name	AMD PRO A12-8870E	AMD Athlon II X4 615e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1448	1037
PassMark - CPU mark	3023	2000
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1539
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4427

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8870E	AMD Athlon II X4 615e
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	1739
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Propus
Launch date		September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Price now		$59
Value for money (0-100)		14.48
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		169 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Transistor count		300 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	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 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™)