AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900 and AMD PRO A12-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • Around 102281% higher clock speed: 4300 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 3900
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD PRO A12-8870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 70.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.043
PassMark - Single thread mark 1782
PassMark - CPU mark 3869

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD PRO A12-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Launch date 24 Sep 2019 Q3 2016
OPN Tray 100-000000070 AD887BAUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1442 1450
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 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 3100 MHz 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4300 MHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 24
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores 8

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Compatibility

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

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
Processor graphics R7
Switchable graphics

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan