Intel Atom x6214RE vs AMD PRO A10-8730B

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom x6214RE and AMD PRO A10-8730B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom x6214RE

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8730B

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1187 vs 754
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2355 vs 1109
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187 vs 754
PassMark - CPU mark 2355 vs 1109

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom x6214RE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8730B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
754
1187
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1109
2355
Name Intel Atom x6214RE AMD PRO A10-8730B
PassMark - Single thread mark 754 1187
PassMark - CPU mark 1109 2355
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 916

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom x6214RE AMD PRO A10-8730B

Essentials

Launch date Q1'23 Q3 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $47
Place in performance rating 2600 2529
Processor Number X6214RE
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AM873BADY44AB
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 A10 APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 1.40 GHz 2.4 GHz
L2 cache 1.5 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 85 °C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2
Compute Cores 10
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types 4x32 LPDDR4/x 3200MT/s Max 16GB / 2x64 DDR4 3200MT/s Max 32GB LPDDR4/x & DDR4 with In-Band ECC
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors R5
Graphics max frequency 720 MHz
Switchable graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCBGA1493 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt
Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)