AMD PRO A6-8570E vs AMD Phenom II X3 B77

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570E and AMD Phenom II X3 B77 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 A6-8570E

AMD Phenom II X3 B77

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570E

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1337 vs 1310

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1337 vs 1310

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 B77

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1844 vs 1653

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	3 vs 2
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1844 vs 1653

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570E
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 B77

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1337

1310

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1653

1844

Name	AMD PRO A6-8570E	AMD Phenom II X3 B77
PassMark - Single thread mark	1337	1310
PassMark - CPU mark	1653	1844

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8570E	AMD Phenom II X3 B77
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors	AMD Phenom
OPN Tray	AD857BAHM23AB	HDXB77WFK3DGM
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1897	1926
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops	AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Heka
Launch date		May 2010
Price now		$26.59
Value for money (0-100)		33.97
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Number of GPU cores	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		258 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Number of threads		3
Transistor count		758 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR3
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
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)