A4-3305M vs PRO A10-8850B
Primary details
Comparing PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 1734 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD A-Series |
Architecture codename | Godaveri (2015−2016) | Llano (2011−2012) |
Release date | 29 September 2015 (8 years ago) | 8 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 4096 KB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | 245 mm2 | 226 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | no data |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 2,411 million | 1000 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M 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+ | FS1 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G |
AES-NI | + | - |
FMA | + | - |
AVX | + | - |
FRTC | + | - |
FreeSync | + | - |
PowerTune | + | - |
DualGraphics | + | - |
TrueAudio | + | - |
PowerNow | + | - |
PowerGating | + | - |
Out-of-band client management | + | - |
VirusProtect | + | - |
RAID | + | - |
HSA | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | + |
IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3-2133 | DDR3 |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 6480G |
iGPU core count | 8 | no data |
Number of pipelines | 512 | no data |
Enduro | + | - |
Switchable graphics | + | - |
UVD | + | - |
VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M integrated GPUs.
DisplayPort | + | - |
HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M.
PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
PCI Express lanes | 16 | no 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.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 29 September 2015 | 8 December 2011 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 35 Watt |
PRO A10-8850B has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
A4-3305M, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between PRO A10-8850B and A4-3305M. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that PRO A10-8850B is a desktop processor while A4-3305M is a notebook one.
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