300 vs Pro A12-8800B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and 300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1979	1227
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.86
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	no data
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price	no data	$183

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and 300 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	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
L2 cache	2048 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and 300 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
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
HSA	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Pro A12-8800B and 300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	192 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 710
iGPU core count	8	no data
Number of pipelines	512	no data
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.45 GHz
Execution Units	no data	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and 300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	4
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and 300.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

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.

300 outperforms Pro A12-8800B by 177% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.67	4.63
Recency	3 June 2015	1 January 2024
Physical cores	4	2

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