AMD A10-6800B vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-6800B and AMD PRO A12-9800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-6800B

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 74°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1686 vs 1654
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3705 vs 3106
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 74°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1686 vs 1654
PassMark - CPU mark 3705 vs 3106

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-6800B
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1654
1686
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3106
3705
Name AMD A10-6800B AMD PRO A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 1654 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 3106 3705
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2607
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 279.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 131.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1715

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-6800B AMD PRO A12-9800

Essentials

Family AMD A-Series Processors AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD680BWOA44HL AD980BAUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1021 992
Series AMD Business Class - Quad-Core A10-Series APU for Desktops AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch date 3 October 2016
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 4.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm SOI 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 74°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 2400 MHz

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 844 MHz 1108 MHz
iGPU core count 384
Processor graphics AMD Radeon HD 8670D R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 11 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
AMD Secure technology
FreeSync
Out-of-band client management
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0