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).

AMD PRO A6-8570E

AMD FX-8370E

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: 1464 vs 1349
3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5310 vs 1642

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	1464 vs 1349
PassMark - CPU mark	5310 vs 1642

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1349

1464

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1642

5310

Name	AMD PRO A6-8570E	AMD FX-8370E
PassMark - Single thread mark	1349	1464
PassMark - CPU mark	1642	5310
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	1791	1805
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™)