AMD Phenom X4 9700 vs A10 7850K

rumored First seen on January, 2013

AMD Phenom X4 9700

2.4 GHz
Quad core

Front view of AMD Phenom X4 9700

8.7 Out of 10

The big news here concerns individual frequency control for each core and split power planes for the memory controller and northbridge on the one hand and the execution cores on the other.

by Tech Radar (Nov, 2007)

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AMD A10 7850K

3.7 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

Front view of AMD A10 7850K

8.7 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the A10 7850K

Much higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

72.4 °C

Still, we expect the performance benefits of the A10-7850K's GPU to outshine the higher clock speed on the older part.

by PCMag (Jun, 2014)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom X4 9700 6.9 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 X4 9700 8.2 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 X4 9700 n.d. A10 7850K 10.0 Core i7 4770K 7.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom X4 9700 9.5 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 X4 9700 5.5 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 X4 9700 n.d. A10 7850K 6.9 Core i7 4770K 5.8
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

No winner declared

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Much higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

vs

2.4 GHz

Around 55% higher clock speed

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

72.4 °C

vs

61 °C

Around 20% higher Maximum operating temperature

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

92.01 mHash/s

89.37 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

19.9 mPixels/s

18.51 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench

285.7 fps

266.59 fps

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

1.63 fps

1.44 fps

CompuBench 1.5 (Video composition) Data courtesy CompuBench

29.99 fps

28.27 fps

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

5,605

5,498

PassMark (Single Core)

1,770

1,571

summary	Phenom X4 9700	vs	A10 7850K
Clock speed	2.4 GHz		3.7 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Quad core
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 X4 9700	vs	A10 7850K
Threads	4		4
L2 cache	2 MB		4 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core		1 MB/core
Manufacture process	65 nm		28 nm
Max CPUs	1		1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 61°C		Unknown - 72.4°C
power consumption
TDP	125W		65W
Annual home energy cost	30.11 $/year		15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	109.5 $/year		56.94 $/year
Performance per watt	3.1 pt/W		9.82 pt/W
Typical power consumption	101.56W		52.81W

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