AMD A10-8700P vs AMD Phenom II X4 965. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  5 4
• CPU group
  AMD A10-8000 AMD Phenom II - 800/900

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  3.20 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 965 and AMD A10-8700P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR2-1066
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-8700P and AMD Phenom II X4 965 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  140 W
• TDP up
  12 W --
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Carizzo (Excavator) Deneb (K10)
• Technology
  28 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  AM1 AM3
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2009