AMD Pro A10-8700B vs AMD Turion II M540

Comparative analysis of AMD Pro A10-8700B and AMD Turion II M540 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A10-8700B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1109 vs 967
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2189 vs 912
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2015 vs 10 September 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1109 vs 967
PassMark - CPU mark 2189 vs 912

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Pro A10-8700B
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M540

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1109
967
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2189
912
Name AMD Pro A10-8700B AMD Turion II M540
PassMark - Single thread mark 1109 967
PassMark - CPU mark 2189 912
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 325
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2.877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1763
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1763

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Pro A10-8700B AMD Turion II M540

Essentials

Architecture codename Carrizo Caspian
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 3 June 2015 10 September 2009
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2342 2340
Series AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.8 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L2 cache 2 MB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 3100 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 / DDR3L-2133

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 384
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP4 Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0