AMD PRO A12-9800 vs Intel Celeron G3930T

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A12-9800 and Intel Celeron G3930T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A12-9800

Intel Celeron G3930T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 56% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1686 vs 1657
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3705 vs 2040

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1686 vs 1657
PassMark - CPU mark	3705 vs 2040

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3930T

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 2% higher maximum core temperature: 92°C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	January 2017 vs 3 October 2016
Maximum core temperature	92°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A12-9800
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G3930T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1686

1657

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3705

2040

Name	AMD PRO A12-9800	Intel Celeron G3930T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1686	1657
PassMark - CPU mark	3705	2040
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
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2984
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5070

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A12-9800	Intel Celeron G3930T
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 October 2016	January 2017
OPN Tray	AD980BAUM44AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1062	1056
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops	Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Kaby Lake
Processor Number		G3930T
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	2.70 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	92°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		65 °C
Number of QPI Links		0
Number of threads		2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4 2133, DDR3L 1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	1108 MHz	1 GHz
Processor graphics	R7	Intel® HD Graphics 610
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID		0x5902
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		1.80 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015A (35W)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot