Pentium D 820 vs A10-8700P

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Primary details

Comparing A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoPentium D
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Smithfield (2005)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)May 2005 (19 years ago)
Current price$466 $144

Detailed specifications

A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus supportno data800 MHz
L1 cacheno data28 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data206 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C64 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million169 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data2
SocketFP4PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-8700P and Pentium D 820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI1-
FMAFMA4no data
AVXAVXno data
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune-no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
HSA+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-8700P and Pentium D 820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-8700P and Pentium D 820 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-8700P and Pentium D 820.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A10-8700P 2237
+348%
Pentium D 820 499

A10-8700P outperforms Pentium D 820 by 348% in Passmark.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A10-8700P 2978
+111%
Pentium D 820 1412

A10-8700P outperforms Pentium D 820 by 111% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 95 Watt

We couldn't decide between A10-8700P and Pentium D 820. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A10-8700P is a notebook processor while Pentium D 820 is a desktop one.


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