AMD A10-8700P vs AMD A10-5800K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A10-8000 AMD A10-5000
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  5 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.2 GHz 4.2 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 11
• Execution units
  6 6
• Generation
  6 4
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) AMD Radeon HD 7660D
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2012
• Shader
  384 384
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode
• 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 A10-5800K and AMD A10-8700P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-2133 DDR3-1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-8700P and AMD A10-5800K 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)
  - 100 W
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP up
  12 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-8700P and AMD A10-5800K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Carizzo (Excavator) Trinity (Piledriver)
• 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
  2 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q3/2012
• Socket
  AM1 FM2
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V