AMD PRO A10-8850B

The AMD PRO A10-8850B was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in September 2015. It is part of the A10 lineup, using the Godaveri architecture with Socket FM2+. PRO A10-8850B has 4MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.9 GHz by default, but can boost up to 4.1 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the PRO A10-8850B on a 28 nm production process using 2,411 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on PRO A10-8850B, which limits its overclocking capabilities. With a TDP of 95 W, the PRO A10-8850B consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with adual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 2133 MHz, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the system, PRO A10-8850B uses a PCI-Express Gen 3 connection. This processor features the Radeon R7 integrated graphics solution. Hardware virtualization is available on the PRO A10-8850B, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.