PRO A12-9800E vs Ryzen 7 3700U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms PRO A12-9800E by a whopping 126% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1305 | 1916 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 28.39 | 5.39 |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 27 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E 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 | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2048 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 3,100 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 8 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.67 | 2.07 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 27 July 2017 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 7 3700U has a 125.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 7 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A12-9800E in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook processor while PRO A12-9800E is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 3700U and PRO A12-9800E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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