Intel Celeron G3900E vs AMD Pro A12-8800B

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G3900E and AMD Pro A12-8800B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), 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).

Intel Celeron G3900E

AMD Pro A12-8800B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900E

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1499 vs 1315

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1499 vs 1315

Reasons to consider the AMD Pro A12-8800B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2580 vs 2034

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2580 vs 2034

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G3900E
CPU 2: AMD Pro A12-8800B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1499

1315

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2034

2580

Name	Intel Celeron G3900E	AMD Pro A12-8800B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1499	1315
PassMark - CPU mark	2034	2580
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		321
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		207.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1266
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron G3900E	AMD Pro A12-8800B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Carrizo
Launch date	Q1'16	3 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1620	1596
Processor Number	G3900E
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Laptops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Laptop
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
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	4
Compute Cores		12
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum frequency		3.4 GHz
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		3100 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3 / DDR3L-2133
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x1902
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	64 GB
Processor graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 510	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		512
Number of pipelines		512
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1440	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0