Intel Core i3-9300 vs AMD PRO A12-9800

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i3-9300 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, 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 Intel Core i3-9300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2561 vs 1686
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7137 vs 3705
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2561 vs 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 7137 vs 3705

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i3-9300
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2561
1686
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7137
3705
Name Intel Core i3-9300 AMD PRO A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2561 1686
PassMark - CPU mark 7137 3705
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 Core i3-9300 AMD PRO A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Launch date 23 April 2019 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $143, $152
Place in performance rating 846 996
Processor Number i3-9300
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
Series AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.70 GHz 3.8 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 90°C
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E91
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
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 UHD Graphics 630 R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

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 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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