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).

AMD Pro A10-8700B

AMD Turion II M540

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 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1122 vs 967
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2212 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	1122 vs 967
PassMark - CPU mark	2212 vs 912

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1122

967

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2212

912

Name	AMD Pro A10-8700B	AMD Turion II M540
PassMark - Single thread mark	1122	967
PassMark - CPU mark	2212	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	2341	2339
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