Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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AMD A8-3870K
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Apple A4
Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
FamilyAMD A (112)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupAMD A8-3000 (4)Apple A4 (1)
ArchitectureLlano (K10)A4
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketFM1
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 41 / 1
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 1x Cortex-A8
Frequency: 3.10 GHz 0.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 1.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.51 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 6550DPowerVR SGX535
GPU frequency0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader5 / 4002 / 2
Raytracing
Max. displays21
Max. GPU Memory1 GB
Technology32 nm65nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q4/2007

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR2-800
Max. Memory
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
TDP100 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A8-3870KApple A4
Chip designUnknownChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE3, SSE4a
Release dateQ4/2011Q2/2010
Release price80 $
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AMD A8-3870K
AMD A8-3870K
4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
Apple A4
Apple A4
1C / 1T · 0.80 - 1.00 GHz

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