AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD A12-9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and AMD A12-9800 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 9 3900X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • Around 109424% higher clock speed: 4600 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
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2706 vs 1674
  • 9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32620 vs 3611
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1276 vs 552
  • 7.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 12037 vs 1679
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 vs 1674
PassMark - CPU mark 32620 vs 3611
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276 vs 552
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037 vs 1679

Reasons to consider the AMD 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 9 3900X
CPU 2: AMD A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2706
1674
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
32620
3611
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1276
552
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
12037
1679
Name AMD Ryzen 9 3900X AMD A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2706 1674
PassMark - CPU mark 32620 3611
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276 552
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037 1679
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8575 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 72.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.686
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 9 3900X AMD A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Bristol Ridge
Family Ryzen AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 7 July 2019 27 July 2017
OPN PIB 100-100000023BOX AD9800AUABBOX
OPN Tray 100-000000023 AD9800AUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1032 1020
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $139
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $129.99
Series AMD A12-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 12.51

Performance

Base frequency 3800 MHz 3.8 GHz
L2 cache 6 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 12
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

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

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0 x8
PCIe configurations x16
Max number of PCIe lanes 8

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

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)