PRO A12-8870E: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.97% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started PRO A12-8870E sales on October 2016. This is a Carrizo architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.
General info
PRO A12-8870E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 1818 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | |
| Release date | October 2016 (7 years old) | |
| Current price | $159 | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on PRO A12-8870E compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-8870E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| FRTC | 1 | |
| FreeSync | 1 |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by PRO A12-8870E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into PRO A12-8870E.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | |
| iGPU core count | 8 | |
| Enduro | n/a | |
| Switchable graphics | 1 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-8870E's integrated GPU.
| DisplayPort | n/a |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by PRO A12-8870E's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | |
| Vulkan | 1 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of PRO A12-8870E. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to PRO A12-8870E is Pentium G4600T, which is faster by 1% and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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