PRO A12-8870E vs A10-6700

Place in performance ranking	1898	1915
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	October 2016 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E 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	3.7 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	4096 KB	2048 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E 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	1
Socket	FM2	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	n/a
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	n/a
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6700 and PRO A12-8870E.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

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.

A10-6700 2.01
+2%

PRO A12-8870E 1.97

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.

A10-6700 3104
+2%

PRO A12-8870E 3043