AMD PRO A12-8870E vs AMD Phenom II X4 805

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-8870E and AMD Phenom II X4 805 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 Phenom II X4 805

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
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1440 vs 1017
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3043 vs 1959

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 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1440 vs 1017
PassMark - CPU mark	3043 vs 1959

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-8870E
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 805

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1440

1017

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3043

1959

Name	AMD PRO A12-8870E	AMD Phenom II X4 805
PassMark - Single thread mark	1440	1017
PassMark - CPU mark	3043	1959
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1572
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4456

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-8870E	AMD Phenom II X4 805
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	1651	1656
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Deneb
Launch date		February 2009
Launch price (MSRP)		$174
Price now		$173.99
Value for money (0-100)		5.07
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		258 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L3 cache		4096 KB (shared)
Transistor count		758 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	95 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™)