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.

 

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: 1841 vs 1386
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5679 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 1841 vs 1386
PassMark - CPU mark 5679 vs 2980

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1386
1841
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2980
5679
Name AMD A12-9730P AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1386 1841
PassMark - CPU mark 2980 5679
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 1314 1353
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™)