AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs AMD PRO A12-9800B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3450U and AMD PRO A12-9800B 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, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

AMD PRO A12-9800B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
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
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1909 vs 1392
2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6737 vs 2691

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1909 vs 1392
PassMark - CPU mark	6737 vs 2691

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800B

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1909

1392

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6737

2691

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD PRO A12-9800B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1909	1392
PassMark - CPU mark	6737	2691
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		411
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		208.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		22.379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		78.766

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U	AMD PRO A12-9800B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q2'2020	24 October 2016
OPN Tray	YM3450C4T4MFG	AM980BADY44AB
Place in performance rating	1287	1270
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	2.1 GHz	2.7 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	105 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	8	8
Number of threads	8	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		250 mm
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1200 MHz
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics	R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		758 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-35 Watt	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0