AMD A8-3870K vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Last updated: 2023-09-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-3870K		AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU comparison AMD A8-3870K or AMD Ryzen 7 1700 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A8-3870K has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-3870K was released in Q4/2011. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 was released in Q1/2017.

AMD A (112)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
AMD A8-3000 (4)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
1	Generation	1
Llano (K10)	Architecture	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-3870K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-3870K is 3.10 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is at 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).
AMD A8-3870K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
4	Cores	8
4	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.10 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-3870K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A8-3870K or AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon HD 6550D	GPU	no iGPU
0.60 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
3	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
5	Compute units	--
400	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
1 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 6550D	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-3870K can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
AMD A8-3870K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-3870K is 100 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A8-3870K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
100 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD A8-3870K is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 1700 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 16.00 MB cache.
AMD A8-3870K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM1	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2011	Release date	Q1/2017
80 $	Release price	300 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-3870K (52%)

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-3870K (23%)

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	176 (53%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	331 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	666 (21%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	3189 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3684 (25%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	14842 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	77 (51%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	151 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	302 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	1403 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	57 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	481 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	954 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	8065 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	852 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	5816 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1117 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	5478 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-3870K AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz	480 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	128 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	235.6 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	390 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-3870K 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	3883 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD A8-3870K	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
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