Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U vs Pro A10-8700B
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U outperforms Pro A10-8700B by a whopping 159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2195 | 1485 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Carrizo | AMD Ryzen 3 |
| Power efficiency | 3.78 | 22.80 |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) | 8 January 2018 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 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 | 1.8 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 4950 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP4 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 - 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HSA 1.0 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | AVX | + |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| Out-of-band client management | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| RAID | + | - |
| HSA | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/DDR3L-2133 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R6 Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) |
| 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 A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.45 | 3.75 |
| Recency | 3 June 2015 | 8 January 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pro A10-8700B has 25% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U, on the other hand, has a 158.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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