Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Pro A10-8700B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A10-8700B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.23
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
2018, $899
16 cores / 32 threads, 180 Watt
16.70
+1258%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X outperforms Pro A10-8700B by a whopping 1258% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2505439
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.45
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen Threadripper
Power efficiency1.493.94
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataGlobalFoundries
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)ZEN+ (2018−2019)
Release date3 June 2015 (10 years ago)13 August 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data35
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data32 MB
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data213 mm2
Number of transistors3100 Million19,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4Socket TR4
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4 Quad-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidthno data93.867 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphics-
iGPU core count6-
จำนวนพาธไลน์384-
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Pro A10-8700B 1.23
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16.70
+1258%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pro A10-8700B 2167
Samples: 164
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 29451
+1259%
Samples: 979

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pro A10-8700B 456
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1253
+175%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pro A10-8700B 991
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 8443
+752%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pro A10-8700B 30.7
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 4.19
+633%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pro A10-8700B 2
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 27
+1082%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pro A10-8700B 192
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3110
+1520%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 70
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 176
+151%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 0.82
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1.9
+132%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 0.9
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 19.5
+2194%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 897
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 4548
+407%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 45
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 202
+346%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 9
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 145
+1498%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.23 16.70
Recency 3 June 2015 13 August 2018
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 180 Watt

Pro A10-8700B has 1400% lower power consumption.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, on the other hand, has a 1257.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A10-8700B is a notebook processor while Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is a desktop one.

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