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AMD E2-3200 vs AMD A8-3870K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2011
AMD E2-3200
AMD E2-3200
Released
Q4/2011
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD A8-3870K

What's the best choice AMD E2-3200 or AMD A8-3870K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD E2-3200 has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2011.

AMD A8-3870K has a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q4/2011.

Differences

AMD E2-3200 Reasons to consider
AMD E2-3200
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1698 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD E2-3200 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1462 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    792 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    841 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1290 place
AMD A8-3870K Reasons to consider
AMD A8-3870K
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1075 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 23% better clock speed

    3.10 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A8-3870K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    554 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    450 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    910 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    732 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    624 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    613 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    475 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    75 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    999 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD E2-3200 AMD E2-3200
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD E left arrow AMD A
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD E2-3000 left arrow AMD A8-3000
CPU Technical specs

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
    2.40 GHz left arrow 3.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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 HD 6379D left arrow AMD Radeon HD 6550D
  • GPU frequency
    0.44 GHz left arrow 0.60 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow 5
  • Shader
    160 left arrow 400
  • Max. GPU Memory
    1 GB left arrow 1 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    40 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2010 left arrow Q2/2011
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-3870K and AMD E2-3200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD E2-3200 and AMD A8-3870K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 100 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD E2-3200 and AMD E2-3200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE3, SSE4a
  • L3-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Llano (K10) left arrow Llano (K10)
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FM1 left arrow FM1
  • Release date
    Q3/2011 left arrow Q4/2011

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD E2-3200 and AMD A8-3870K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
142
AMD E2-3200
480
AMD A8-3870K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
1471
AMD E2-3200
3684
AMD A8-3870K

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