AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs AMD A10-7850K

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD A10-7850K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7850K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    109%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    116%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • AMD A10-7850K
    102%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

None

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7850K

16% 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.
Around 9% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A10-7850K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-7850K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7850K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7850K
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameDenebvsKaveri
Release DateMay 2011vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7850K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7850K
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 A10-7850K
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size258mm²vs246mm²
Process45 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEAMD A10-7850K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4000 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 A10-7850K
    2520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    9324 points
  • AMD A10-7850K
    7925 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    6312
  • AMD A10-7850K
    6444

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    1872
  • AMD A10-7850K
    2173

points - higher is better