AMD PRO A8-9600B vs Intel Core i7-4770TE

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A8-9600B and Intel Core i7-4770TE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 A8-9600B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 71.45°C
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 10/24/2016 vs June 2013
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 71.45°C
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4770TE

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1653 vs 1194
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4877 vs 2292
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1653 vs 1194
PassMark - CPU mark 4877 vs 2292

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A8-9600B
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4770TE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1194
1653
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2292
4877
Name AMD PRO A8-9600B Intel Core i7-4770TE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1194 1653
PassMark - CPU mark 2292 4877
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 231.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 57.356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A8-9600B Intel Core i7-4770TE

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Haswell
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 10/24/2016 June 2013
OPN Tray AM960BADY44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1476 1514
Series AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i7-4770TE
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.30 GHz
Die size 250 mm 177 mm
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 71.45°C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 3100 Million 1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz 1 GHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics R5 Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 11.2/12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported FP4 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm (LGA1150)
Thermal Solution PCG 2013B

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)