AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700 vs AMD A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700 and AMD 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 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
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2209 vs 1698
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15348 vs 3680
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2209 vs 1698
PassMark - CPU mark 15348 vs 3680

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9800

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700
CPU 2: AMD A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2209
1698
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15348
3680
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700 AMD A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2209 1698
PassMark - CPU mark 15348 3680
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 7 PRO 2700 AMD A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date September 2018 27 July 2017
OPN Tray YD270BBBM88AF AD9800AUM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1012 1007
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors AMD A12-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $139
OPN PIB AD9800AUABBOX
Price now $129.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.51

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Die size 192 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4800 million 1178 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores 12
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 8

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
iGPU core count 8
Processor graphics Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan