FX-9800P vs FirePro A320

Place in the ranking	2239	2089
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.28	10.12
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	7 August 2012 (12 years ago)	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FirePro A320 and FX-9800P 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	192K	320 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1 MB (per module)
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,303 million	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on FirePro A320 and FX-9800P 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	1
Socket	FM2	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FirePro A320 and FX-9800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FirePro A320 and FX-9800P are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FirePro A320 and FX-9800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3-1866

DDR3, DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

FirePro

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FirePro A320 and FX-9800P.

PCIe version	2.0	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.

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.

FirePro A320 1.36

FX-9800P 1.61
+18.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

FirePro A320 2153

FX-9800P 2543
+18.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.36	1.61
Recency	7 August 2012	31 May 2016
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

FX-9800P has a 18.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The FX-9800P is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro A320 in performance tests.

Note that FirePro A320 is a desktop processor while FX-9800P is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between FirePro A320 and FX-9800P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.