AMD Ryzen 7 6800U vs AMD PRO A12-9800B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and AMD PRO A12-9800B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 4.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
  • 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 Jan 2022 vs 24 October 2016
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB

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 7 6800U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800B

Name AMD Ryzen 7 6800U AMD PRO A12-9800B
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5841
PassMark - Single thread mark 1392
PassMark - CPU mark 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 7 6800U AMD PRO A12-9800B

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3+ Bristol Ridge
Launch date Jan 2022 24 October 2016
Place in performance rating 1213 1270
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

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Die size 208 mm² 250 mm
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of GPU cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
Transistor count 3100 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 2200 MHz
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 758 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics R7
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP7 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12 Watt/15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 8
Number of USB ports 4.0
PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan