Apple A10X Fusion vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of Apple A10X Fusion and AMD PRO A12-8870 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.

Apple A10X Fusion

AMD PRO A12-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A10X Fusion

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-8870

Around 76% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 2.38 GHz

Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 2.38 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A10X Fusion
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

Name	Apple A10X Fusion	AMD PRO A12-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark		1761
PassMark - CPU mark		3849

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A10X Fusion	AMD PRO A12-8870
Essentials
Architecture codename	Hurricane/Zephyr
Launch date	13 Jun 2017	Q3 2016
OS Support	iOS 10.3.2, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2, tvOS 11.0	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	not rated	1469
Processor Number	APL1071
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD887BAUM44AB
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	1.30 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	2.38 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6
Transistor count	4 billion
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	48
Graphics base frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	12
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported		AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
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™)