PRO A12-9830B vs Apple M4 Pro (12 cores)

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Primary details

Comparing Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking167not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesApple M4AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency82.78no data
Architecture codenameno dataBristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date30 October 2024 (less than a year ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.592 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.51 GHz3.7 GHz
L2 cache4 MB2048 KB
Chip lithography3 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data250 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socketno dataFP4
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR3, DDR4
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M4 16-core GPUAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2024 1 June 2016
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 3 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 25 Watt

Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) has an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.

PRO A12-9830B, on the other hand, has 28% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) and PRO A12-9830B. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Apple M4 Pro (12 cores) is a desktop processor while PRO A12-9830B is a notebook one.


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