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.

Intel Atom x6214RE

AMD PRO A10-8730B

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 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 754
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2302 vs 1109

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1129 vs 754
PassMark - CPU mark	2302 vs 1109

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

754

1129

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1109

2302

Name	Intel Atom x6214RE	AMD PRO A10-8730B
PassMark - Single thread mark	754	1129
PassMark - CPU mark	1109	2302
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	2607	2577
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™)