Intel Celeron G3900T vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G3900T and AMD PRO A12-9800 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 G3900T

AMD PRO A12-9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900T

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1686 vs 1560
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3705 vs 2020

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1686 vs 1560
PassMark - CPU mark	3705 vs 2020

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G3900T
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1560

1686

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2020

3705

Name	Intel Celeron G3900T	AMD PRO A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark	1560	1686
PassMark - CPU mark	2020	3705
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3006
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		279.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		34.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		131.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1176
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		477
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1715

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron G3900T	AMD PRO A12-9800
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake
Launch date	Q4'15	3 October 2016
Place in performance rating	1083	1066
Processor Number	G3900T
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD980BAUM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum core temperature		90°C
Maximum frequency		4.2 GHz
Number of GPU cores		8
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
Supported memory frequency		2400 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	R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
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
Vulkan
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015A (35W)
Sockets supported		AM4
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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