3020e vs PRO A12-9830B

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-9830B and 3020e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2096
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	24.27
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-9830B and 3020e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	250 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-9830B and 3020e 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.

Socket	FP4	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	25-45 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9830B and 3020e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
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 PRO A12-9830B and 3020e are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-9830B and 3020e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9830B and 3020e integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-9830B and 3020e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9830B and 3020e.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2016	4 August 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	6 Watt

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