AMD PRO A6-8570 vs Intel Pentium G640T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570 and Intel Pentium G640T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570

  • Around 58% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1646 vs 1102
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1906 vs 1139
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1646 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark 1906 vs 1139

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G640T

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G640T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1646
1102
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1906
1139
Name AMD PRO A6-8570 Intel Pentium G640T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1646 1102
PassMark - CPU mark 1906 1139
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2071
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3203

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-8570 Intel Pentium G640T

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 1594 1571
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date June 2012
Processor Number G640T
Status Discontinued

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.40 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 131 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 65.0°C
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 504 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz 1.1 GHz
Processor graphics R5 Intel HD Graphics
Switchable graphics
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)