AMD PRO A6-8570 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570 and AMD Athlon X4 970 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.

AMD PRO A6-8570

AMD Athlon X4 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1646 vs 1616

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1646 vs 1616

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3472 vs 1906

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3472 vs 1906

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 970

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1646

1616

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1906

3472

Name	AMD PRO A6-8570	AMD Athlon X4 970
PassMark - Single thread mark	1646	1616
PassMark - CPU mark	1906	3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8570	AMD Athlon X4 970
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	AD857BAGM23AB	AD970XAUM44AB
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	1576
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops	AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Bristol Ridge
Launch date		27 July 2017
OPN PIB		AD970XAUABBOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1029 MHz
Processor graphics	R5
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)