AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970 vs A10 7850K

older Released September, 2010

AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970

3.5 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

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5 Out of 10

Initial impressions in multi-threaded benchmarks are good.

by Tech Radar (Nov, 2010)

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AMD A10 7850K

3.7 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

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8.7 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the A10 7850K

Has a built-in GPU

Yes

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

72.4 °C

Unlike the AMD A8-7600, which was a huge advance over the AMD A8-6500T, the A10-7850K is a much more modest improvement over its last-generation counterpart.

by PCMag (Jun, 2014)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom II X4 Black 970 6.3 A10 7850K 7.8 Core i7 4770K 8.9
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Phenom II X4 Black 970 6.2 A10 7850K 7.5 Core i7 4770K 9.4
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Phenom II X4 Black 970 0.0 A10 7850K 10.0 Core i7 4770K 7.2
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom II X4 Black 970 0.0 A10 7850K 9.2 Core i7 4770K 7.9
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Phenom II X4 Black 970 5.1 A10 7850K 6.1 Core i7 4770K 5.8
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Phenom II X4 Black 970 n.d. A10 7850K 6.9 Core i7 4770K 5.8
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

8.7	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Phenom II X4 Black 970 5.0 A10 7850K 8.7 Core i7 4770K 8.1

Winner
AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970

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Has a built-in GPU

Yes

vs

No

Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

72.4 °C

vs

62 °C

More than 15% higher Maximum operating temperature

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 970

6,243

7,022

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 970

1,785

2,328

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 970

140,800 MB/s

2,370,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 970

5,992

6,479

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 970

7,205

7,102

GeekBench

Phenom II X4 Black 970

7,205

7,102

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Phenom II X4 Black 970

4,380

5,498

PassMark (Single Core)

Phenom II X4 Black 970

1,235

1,571

summary	Phenom II X4 Black 970	vs	A10 7850K
Clock speed	3.5 GHz		3.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Quad core
Socket type
AM3
FM2+
Is unlocked	Yes		Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
F16C
MMX
AVX
SSE3
SSE
BMI1
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
AMD-V
3DNow!
Supplemental SSE3
AES
TBM
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes

details	Phenom II X4 Black 970	vs	A10 7850K
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	4		4
L2 cache	2 MB		4 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core		1 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm		28 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 62°C		Unknown - 72.4°C
integrated graphics
GPU	None		GPU
Label	N/A		Radeon™ R7 Series
Latest DirectX	N/A		11.0
power consumption
TDP	125W		65W
Annual home energy cost	45.4 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	139.11 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	1.1 pt/W		9.81 pt/W
Typical power consumption	135.82W		52.81W

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