AMD A12-9730P vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

Comparative analysis of AMD A12-9730P and AMD Ryzen 3 3300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A12-9730P

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1837 vs 1386
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5673 vs 2980

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1837 vs 1386
PassMark - CPU mark	5673 vs 2980

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A12-9730P
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1386

1837

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2980

5673

Name	AMD A12-9730P	AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1386	1837
PassMark - CPU mark	2980	5673
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	2143
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5309

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A12-9730P	AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
Essentials
Family	AMD A-Series Processors	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	Q2 2016	6 Jan 2019
OPN Tray	AM973PAEY44AB	YM3300C4T4MFG
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1313	1352
Series	AMD A12-Series APU for Laptops	AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Zen+
Performance
Base frequency	2.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	6	6
Unlocked
Compute Cores		10
L1 cache		384 KB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of threads		4
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2400
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz	1200 MHz
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
iGPU core count		6
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	25-45 Watt
Sockets supported	FP4	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up		35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD SenseMI
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)