Phenom II X4 970 BE vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2188	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	21 September 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	258 mm2
Number of transistors	3100 Million	758 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Phenom II X4 970 BE.

PCIe version

3.0

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	21 September 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	125 Watt

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