Pro A10-8700B vs Xeon X3470

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon X3470
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
2.11
+47.6%

Xeon X3470 outperforms Pro A10-8700B by a considerable 48% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18652181
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Carrizo
Architecture codenameno dataCarrizo (2015−2018)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)3 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.93 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
L2 cacheno data2048 KB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156FP4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt12 - 35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2HSA 1.0
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
HSA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR3/DDR3L-2133
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R6 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Number of pipelinesno data384
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

Xeon X3470 2.11
+47.6%
Pro A10-8700B 1.43

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.

Xeon X3470 3266
+47.6%
Pro A10-8700B 2212

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.11 1.43
Recency 1 July 2009 3 June 2015
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 12 Watt

Xeon X3470 has a 47.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Pro A10-8700B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 691.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon X3470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon X3470 is a server/workstation processor while Pro A10-8700B is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X3470 and Pro A10-8700B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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