AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs AMD A10-7700K

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    103%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    110%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    103%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

None

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

10% higher single threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameDenebvsKaveri
Release DateMay 2011vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size258mm²vs246mm²
Process45 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7700K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock2000 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.325 Vvs1.475 V
TDP125 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    2331 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    9324 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    6312
  • AMD A10-7700K
    6101

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    1872
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2061

points - higher is better