AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE vs AMD A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE and AMD A12-9800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE

AMD A12-9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2295 vs 1664
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8907 vs 3583

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jul 2019 vs 27 July 2017
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2295 vs 1664
PassMark - CPU mark	8907 vs 3583

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9800

Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.0 GHz

Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz vs 4.0 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE
CPU 2: AMD A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2295

1664

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8907

3583

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	AMD A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark	2295	1664
PassMark - CPU mark	8907	3583
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		552
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1679
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8307

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3400GE	AMD A12-9800
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Bristol Ridge
Family	Ryzen 5	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	YD3400C6M4MFH	AD9800AUM44AB
Place in performance rating	958	947
Processor Number	3400GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$139
OPN PIB		AD9800AUABBOX
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$129.99
Series		AMD A12-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100)		12.51
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	4.0 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	4940 million	1178 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		12
Die size		246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Number of GPU cores		8
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	43.71 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	11
Graphics max frequency	1300 MHz	1108 MHz
Number of pipelines	704
Processor graphics	Radeon RX Vega 11	Radeon R7 Series
Enduro
iGPU core count		8
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP-down	25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	8
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4
Total number of SATA ports	4
USB revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)