AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD PRO A12-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics API support, Peripherals. 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD PRO A12-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
Around 19% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2661 vs 1816
5.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22575 vs 3969

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2661 vs 1816
PassMark - CPU mark	22575 vs 3969

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2661

1816

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22575

3969

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD PRO A12-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	2661	1816
PassMark - CPU mark	22575	3969
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1253
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	8651
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	6052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	90.664

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X	AMD PRO A12-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2
Launch date	December 2019	Q3 2016
Place in performance rating	902	1327
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD887BAUM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	4.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	32MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	5 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of threads	24
Transistor count	19,200 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores		8
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0