PRO A12-9800E vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1586	1814
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.08	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	30 September 2019 (4 years ago)	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$1116	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	no data	1
FreeSync	no data	1
PowerTune	no data	+
TrueAudio	no data	+
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	+
VirusProtect	no data	+
RAID	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Enduro	no data	+
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and PRO A12-9800E.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms PRO A12-9800E by 40% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.86	2.05
Recency	30 September 2019	27 July 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm

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