Duron 950 vs Pro A12-8800B
Primary details
Comparing Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2082 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Carrizo | AMD Duron |
| Power efficiency | 4.38 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Carrizo (2015−2018) | K7 (2000−2004) |
| Release date | 3 June 2015 (9 years ago) | 12 July 2001 (23 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 0.95 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 200 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 9.5 |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 64 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | no data | 105.68 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 25 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 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 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-35 Watt | 44.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HSA 1.0 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | AVX | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| Out-of-band client management | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| RAID | + | - |
| HSA | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/DDR3L-2133 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | no data |
| iGPU core count | 8 | no data |
| Number of pipelines | 512 | no data |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2015 | 12 July 2001 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 44 Watt |
Pro A12-8800B has an age advantage of 13 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Pro A12-8800B is a notebook processor while Duron 950 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A12-8800B and Duron 950, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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