Athlon X4 870K vs A10 PRO-7850B

General info

Comparing A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1714	1725
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.41	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Godaveri (2014−2018)
Release date	31 July 2014 (9 years ago)	December 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price	$138	$49

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	256K
L2 cache	4096 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	245 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	2,411 million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2+	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	+	no data
HSA	1	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR3-2133
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	8	no data
Number of pipelines	512	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 12

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10 PRO-7850B and Athlon X4 870K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10 PRO-7850B outperforms Athlon X4 870K by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score

2.23

2.21

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