AMD A10-9700 vs AMD A10-7870K

AMD A10-9700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700
AMD A10-7870K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2015
AMD A10-7870K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    110%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A10-9700
    100%
  • AMD A10-7870K
    108%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7870K

11% higher single threaded performance.
8% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 10% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A10-7870K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7870K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsKaveri
Release DateSep 2016vsMay 2015

Cores

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD A10-9700AMD A10-7870K
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700
    2622 points
  • AMD A10-7870K
    2583 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A10-9700
    8404 points
  • AMD A10-7870K
    8353 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    80.52
  • AMD A10-7870K (simulated)
    89.55

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    293.82
  • AMD A10-7870K
    320

points - higher is better