AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs AMD PRO A12-9800B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and AMD PRO A12-9800B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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 3550U

AMD PRO A12-9800B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2053 vs 1392
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7681 vs 2691

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053 vs 1392
PassMark - CPU mark	7681 vs 2691

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800B

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2053

1392

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7681

2691

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD PRO A12-9800B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053	1392
PassMark - CPU mark	7681	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 3550U	AMD PRO A12-9800B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q1 2020	24 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1192	1269
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AM980BADY44AB
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	2.10 GHz	2.7 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
64 bit support
Die size		250 mm
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz	758 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics	R7
Enduro
iGPU core count		8
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	8
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
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