Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs PRO A12-8870

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1740	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	3.54	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	October 2016 (8 years ago)	1 October 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	5.1 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Die size	250 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	no data
Socket	AM4	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5
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 880M
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	n/a	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort

n/a

-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

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