AMD A10-7870K vs AMD A10-8700P. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A10-7000 AMD A10-8000
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  4 5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.1 GHz 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 6
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  860 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q2/2015
• Shader
  512 384
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-8700P and AMD A10-7870K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR3-2133
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-7870K and AMD A10-8700P Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W -
• TDP down
  - 35 W
• TDP up
  - 12 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-7870K and AMD A10-8700P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaveri (Steamroller) Carizzo (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q2/2015
• Socket
  FM2+ AM1
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V