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    AMD A8-3870K vs AMD A10-7870K

    AMD A8-3870K
    AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
    3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Dec 2011
    AMD A8-3870K
    AMD A10-7870K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2015
    AMD A10-7870K

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-3870K

    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD A10-7870K

    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    AMD A8-3870K

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD A8-3870K

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD A8-3870K

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD A8-3870K

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    ArchitectureAMD LLanovsAMD Steamroller
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameLlanovsKaveri
    Release DateDec 2011vsMay 2015

    Cores

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6550DvsRadeon R7

    Cache

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    SocketAMD Socket FM1vsAMD Socket FM2
    Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size228mm²vs246mm²
    Process32 nmvs28 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-3870KAMD A10-7870K
    Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3900 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevs4100 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.4125 Vvs1.475 V
    TDP100 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-3870K
      3000 points
    • AMD A10-7870K
      2583 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-3870K
      12000 points
    • AMD A10-7870K
      8353 points

    Points - higher is better

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