AMD Athlon X4 950 vs PRO A10-9700

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Combined performance score

PRO A10-9700
2.38
+1.7%

PRO A10-9700 outperforms Athlon X4 950 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16581671
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data3.66
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years old)27 July 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60
Current priceno data$51 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm28 nm
Die size250 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors3,100 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 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 configuration11
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC1no data
FreeSync1no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
RAID-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no 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.


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.

PRO A10-9700 2.38
+1.7%
Athlon X4 950 2.34

PRO A10-9700 outperforms Athlon X4 950 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

PRO A10-9700 3649
+1.7%
Athlon X4 950 3588

PRO A10-9700 outperforms Athlon X4 950 by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.38 2.34

We couldn't decide between PRO A10-9700 and Athlon X4 950. The differences in performance seem too small.


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