AMD PRO A6-8570E vs AMD FX-8370E

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570E and AMD FX-8370E 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570E

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8370E

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1463 vs 1337
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5306 vs 1653
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 8192 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1463 vs 1337
PassMark - CPU mark 5306 vs 1653

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570E
CPU 2: AMD FX-8370E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1337
1463
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1653
5306
Name AMD PRO A6-8570E AMD FX-8370E
PassMark - Single thread mark 1337 1463
PassMark - CPU mark 1653 5306
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2859
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11715
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 20.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.33

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A6-8570E AMD FX-8370E

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD857BAHM23AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1896 1878
Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Vishera
Launch date September 2014
Price now $223.87
Value for money (0-100) 10.27

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 8192 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
Maximum core temperature 71 °C
Number of threads 8
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V
Transistor count 1200 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3-1866

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Processor graphics R5
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 n / a

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™)