PRO A12-9800B vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.50
+225%
PRO A12-9800B
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.69

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms PRO A12-9800B by a whopping 225% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11622059
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.10no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency8.0010.66
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date12 February 2018 (6 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.6 GHz
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size210 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors4,950 million3100 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FP4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX+AVX
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
RAID-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and PRO A12-9800B.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.50
+225%
PRO A12-9800B 1.69

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8732
+224%
PRO A12-9800B 2691

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1032
+91.8%
PRO A12-9800B 538

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3217
+178%
PRO A12-9800B 1156

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 2400G 4805
+85.3%
PRO A12-9800B 2593

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 2400G 21024
+198%
PRO A12-9800B 7056

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6672
+105%
PRO A12-9800B 3249

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 2400G 6.9
+100%
PRO A12-9800B 13.8

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 2400G 9
+265%
PRO A12-9800B 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 2400G 847
+276%
PRO A12-9800B 225

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 2400G 156
+108%
PRO A12-9800B 75

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1.77
+101%
PRO A12-9800B 0.88

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 2400G 5.2
+189%
PRO A12-9800B 1.8

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3846
+178%
PRO A12-9800B 1383

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 48
+191%
PRO A12-9800B 17

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 2400G 172
+123%
PRO A12-9800B 77

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 13211
+197%
PRO A12-9800B 4453

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 2400G 4226
+104%
PRO A12-9800B 2073

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.50 1.69
Recency 12 February 2018 1 June 2016
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 225.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

PRO A12-9800B, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A12-9800B in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop processor while PRO A12-9800B is a notebook one.


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