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AMD PRO A12-9800B

AMD PRO A12-9800B

The AMD PRO A12-9800B is a mobile mainstream SoC from the Bristol-Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was announced mid 2016. It is the business version of the AMD FX-9800P and features the same specifications. The PRO A12-9800B is (together with the FX-9800P) the fastest Bristol Ridge APU with a 15-Watt TDP and the successor to the 15-Watt A12-8800B / FX-8800P from the Carrizo generation. The ULV chip has four CPU cores (two Excavator modules = 4 integer and 2 FP units), a Radeon R7 GPU as well as a dual-channel DDR4-1866 memory controller. Carrizo is a full-fledged SoC and is also equipped with an integrated chipset, which provides all I/0 ports.

Architecture

Bristol Ridge is the successor of the Carrizo architecture and the design is almost identical. Thanks to optimized manufacturing processes and more aggressive Boost behavior, however, the clocks are a bit higher at the same power consumption. The memory controller now also supports DDR4-RAM, in this case up to 1866 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

Thanks to higher clocks, the A12-9800B is slightly ahead of the old 15-Watt top model FX-8800P and competes with a Intel Core i3-6100U (Skylake, 15 Watts). Compared to the Intel model, the AMD chip has a small advantage in multi-thread scenarios, but is beaten when you only stress one or two cores.

This means there is sufficient performance for typical office and web applications as well as light multitasking.

Graphics Card

The integrated Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) GPU has 512 active shader units (8 compute cores) clocked at up to 758 MHz. Thanks to the better utilization of the clock range as well as faster DDR4-RAm, the GPU can slightly beat its predecessors Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and competes with a dedicated GeForce 920MX in the best-case scenario (dual-channel memory, low CPU requirements). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings. 

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the A12-9800B with 12-15 Watts, which is comparable to Intel's ULV models. This means the APU is a good choice for thin notebooks starting with a 12-inch screen.

SeriesAMD Bristol Ridge
CodenameBristol Ridge

Series: Bristol Ridge Bristol Ridge

AMD FX-9830P compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B « 2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock Rate2700 - 3600 MHz
Level 2 Cache2 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)15 Watt
Transistor Count3100 Million
Manufacturing Technology28 nm
Die Size250 mm2
Max. Temperature90 °C
SocketFP4
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
GPUAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date06/01/2016
Product Link (external)products.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 222     avg: 225.3     median: 225 (1%)     max: 229 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.86     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (22%)     max: 0.9 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2232     avg: 2318     median: 2275 (6%)     max: 2448 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 24353     avg: 25657     median: 25657 (21%)     max: 26961 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 25150     avg: 25871     median: 25871 (21%)     max: 26592 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 27021     avg: 27778     median: 27778 (23%)     max: 28535 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2739     avg: 2999     median: 3007 (5%)     max: 3251 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 437     avg: 439     median: 439 (2%)     max: 441 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2152     avg: 2225     median: 2159 (3%)     max: 2363 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 16552     avg: 17731     median: 18206 (16%)     max: 18435 Points
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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Other CPUs of the series Bristol Ridge

» AMD FX-9830P
   4x 3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD PRO A12-9830B
   4x 3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD FX-9800P
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD PRO A12-9800B
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD A12-9720P
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD A12-9700P
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» AMD A10-9620P
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» AMD A10-9600P
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» AMD PRO A8-9600B
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» AMD A9-9425
   2x 3.1 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD A9-9420e
   2x - 2.5 GHz
» AMD A9-9420
   2x 3 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD A9-9410
   2x 2.9 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» AMD A6-9225
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» AMD A6-9220
   2x 2.5 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» AMD A6-9220C
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.7 GHz
» AMD A6-9210
   2x 2.4 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» AMD A4-9120
   2x 2.2 GHz - 2.5 GHz
» AMD A4-9120C
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» AMD E2-9010
   2x 2 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» AMD E2-9000
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» AMD A6-9220e
   2x 1.6 GHz - 2.4 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core m3-7Y32
   2x 1 GHz - 3 GHz
+ Intel Core m3-8100Y
   2x 1.1 GHz - 3.4 GHz
+ Intel Processor N50
   2x 1 GHz - 3.4 GHz
+ Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
   2x 1.1 GHz - 3.4 GHz
+ AMD FX-9800P
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD PRO A12-9800B
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
- Intel Core i5-2450M
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core i7-3517U
   2x 1.9 GHz - 3 GHz
- Intel Core i7-620M
   2x 2.66 GHz - 3.33 GHz
- Intel Core i3-4100M
   2x 2.5 GHz
- Intel Core i5-580M
   2x 2.67 GHz - 3.33 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-03-21)