AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and AMD PRO A12-9800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

Name AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD PRO A12-9800
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6209
PassMark - Single thread mark 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 3705
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD PRO A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Family Ryzen 7 AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date 7 July 2019 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399
OPN PIB 100-100000025BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000025 AD980BAUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1209 991
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan