A4 PRO-7350B vs Pentium G870

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2477	2479
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.30	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.41	1.41
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	3 June 2012 (12 years ago)	31 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$97	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	131 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B 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	FCLGA1155	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B 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 Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B 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 Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	3
Number of pipelines	no data	192
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 12

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G870 and A4 PRO-7350B.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2012	31 July 2014
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm

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