Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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AMD A8-3870K
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AMD C-70
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A8-3870K
Rank 2 - 16 %
AMD C-70
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A8-3870K
AMD A8-3870K 100 %
AMD Radeon HD 6550D
480
AMD C-70
AMD C-70 13 %
AMD Radeon HD 6290
64

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At a glance

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
FamilyAMD A (112)AMD C (6)
CPU groupAMD A8-3000 (4)AMD C (6)
ArchitectureLlano (K10)Ontario (Bobcat)
Technology32 nm40 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketFM1BGA 413
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.10 GHz 1.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 1.33 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 1.33 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache4.00 MB1.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 6550DAMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU frequency0.60 GHz0.28 - 0.40 GHz
CUs / Shader5 / 4001 / 80
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory1 GB1 GB
Technology32 nm40 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q3/2011

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
TDP100 W9 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A8-3870KAMD C-70
Chip designUnknownUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE3, SSE4aSSE3, SSE4a
Release dateQ4/2011Q3/2012
Release price80 $
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD A8-3870K
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
AMD C-70
AMD C-70
2C / 2T · 1.00 - 1.33 GHz

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