AMD PRO A6-8570 vs AMD A8-3850

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570 and AMD A8-3850 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 A6-8570

  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1646 vs 1214
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1646 vs 1214

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3850

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2374 vs 1906
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2374 vs 1906

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570
CPU 2: AMD A8-3850

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1646
1214
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1906
2374
Name AMD PRO A6-8570 AMD A8-3850
PassMark - Single thread mark 1646 1214
PassMark - CPU mark 1906 2374
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 361
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 211.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 43.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1977
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4691

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-8570 AMD A8-3850

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD857BAGM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1595 1567
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops A-Series (Desktop)
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Llano
Launch date June 2011

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 228 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

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

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Processor graphics R5
Switchable graphics

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 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™)