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AMD FX-9830P vs Intel Core i7-7700 vs AMD PRO A12-9830B

AMD FX-9830P

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The AMD FX-9830P is a mobile mainstream SoC from the Bristol-Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was announced mid 2016. The FX-9830P is the fastest Bristol Ridge APU with a 45-Watt TDP and the successor to the 15-35-Watt FX-8800P from the Carrizo generation. The 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 2400 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

Thanks to higher clocks, the FX9830P is slightly ahead of the old 35-Watt top model FX-8800P and competes with the entry-level dual-cores from Intel (Skylake and Kaby Lake). 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 900 MHz (compared to 758 MHz for FX-9800P). 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). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings. 

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the FX-9830P with 25-45 Watts, which is comparable to Intel quad-core processors from the H-series. This means the APU is a good choice for big and heavy notebooks with at least 15 inches.

Intel Core i7-7700

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The Intel Core i7-7700 is a fast quad-core processor for desktops based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. It is the top model of the 65 Watt consumer Kaby-Lake-H series at the time of the announcement. The faster CPUs, like the Core i7-7700K, are specified with 91 Watt. Besides four cores including Hyper-Threading (8 threads) support running at 3.6 - 4.2 GHz, the processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 630 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency slightly.

AMD PRO A12-9830B

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The AMD PRO A12-9830B 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 variant of the FX-9830P. The A12-9830B / FX-9830P is the fastest Bristol Ridge APU with a 45-Watt TDP and the successor to the 15-35-Watt FX-8800P from the Carrizo generation. The 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 2400 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

Thanks to higher clocks, the A12-9830B is slightly ahead of the old 35-Watt top model FX-8800P and competes with the entry-level dual-cores from Intel (Skylake and Kaby Lake). 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 900 MHz (compared to 758 MHz for FX-9800P/A12-9800B). 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). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings. 

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the A12-9830B with 25-45 Watts, which is comparable to Intel quad-core processors from the H-series. This means the APU is a good choice for big and heavy notebooks with at least 15 inches.

ModelAMD FX-9830PIntel Core i7-7700AMD PRO A12-9830B
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Kaby LakeAMD Bristol Ridge
CodenameBristol RidgeKaby LakeBristol Ridge
Series: Bristol Ridge Bristol Ridge
AMD FX-9830P « 3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Intel Core i7-7700K4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 « 3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v63.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v63 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-75003.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y751.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y571.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y541.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y321 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y301 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
AMD FX-9830P3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B « 3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock3000 - 3700 MHz3600 - 4200 MHz3000 - 3700 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 84 / 4
TDP25-45 Watt65 Watt25-45 Watt
Transistors3100 Million3100 Million
Technology28 nm14 nm28 nm
Die Size250 mm2250 mm2
max. Temp.90 °C90 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8DDR3(L)-1600/DDR4-2400 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vProDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
iGPUAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerproducts.amd.comark.intel.comproducts.amd.com
L1 Cache256 KB
L3 Cache8 MB
SocketFCLGA1151
$303 U.S.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
301 Points (2%)
285%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 836     avg: 861     median: 857 (5%)     max: 889 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
93 Points (28%)
191%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 153     avg: 171.3     median: 178 (54%)     max: 183 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.6 Points (5%)
262%
1 i7-7700 +
9.5 Points (12%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.1 Points (27%)
184%
1 i7-7700 +
2 Points (50%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
3033 Points (18%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
9822 Points (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
315.9 s (4%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
210.1 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
10.3 s (2%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
6.7 s (1%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 i7-7700 +
49 fps (17%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 i7-7700 +
181 fps (42%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.3 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.5 GB/s (8%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2 GB/s (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
18.6 s (4%)
102%
1 i7-7700 +
10.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
43.7 s (2%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
22.9 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
870 s (4%)
101%
1 i7-7700 +
556 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3051     avg: 3081     median: 3080.5 (8%)     max: 3110 Points
349%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 10706     avg: 10740     median: 10739.5 (29%)     max: 10773 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
34521 Points (28%)
167%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 54177     avg: 57570     median: 57569.5 (47%)     max: 60962 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
31580 Points (26%)
170%
1 i7-7700 +
53710 Points (44%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
34398 Points (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
2945 Points (7%)
294%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 8301     avg: 8650     median: 8650 (22%)     max: 8999 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 3234     avg: 3787     median: 3787 (7%)     max: 4340 Points
319%
1 i7-7700 +
min: 11520     avg: 12081     median: 12081 (22%)     max: 12642 Points
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
123.5 ms (1%)

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