PRO A12-8870: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started PRO A12-8870 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 4200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

PRO A12-8870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	1769
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	3.57	of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	October 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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	3.7 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache	2048 KB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography	28 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	250 mm2
Number of transistors	3,100 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-8870 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 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
FRTC	+
FreeSync	+

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 A12-8870'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 A12-8870.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	8
Enduro	n/a
Switchable graphics	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-8870's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort

n/a

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-8870's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

3.0

of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of PRO A12-8870. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Closest competitors

PRO A12-8870's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.

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