PRO A12-9830B vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2232	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	3.71	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.7 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B 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.

Socket	FP4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	AVX	AVX
FRTC	+	+
FreeSync	+	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	+	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
Out-of-band client management	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+
RAID	+	+
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR3, DDR4
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	6	8
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and PRO A12-9830B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	1 June 2016
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	25 Watt

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