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AMD PRO A12-9830B vs AMD A12-9700P vs AMD PRO A12-9800B

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.

AMD A12-9700P

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The AMD A12-9700P is a mainstream SoC from the Bristol-Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was announced mid 2016. The ULV chip with a TDP of 15 Watts (can be configured to 12 Watts) has four CPU cores (two Excavator modules), 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

The performance of the A12-9700P is between the two 15-Watt processors A10-9600P and FX-9800P, and therefore roughly on par with a 15-Watt Core i3 from the Skylake or Kaby Lake series, respectively. 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. Due to the TDP limitation, the performance of the A12-9700P will drop significantly under sustained workloads.

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 A12-9700P with 15 Watts, which is comparable to Intel's ULV models. This means the CPU is a good choice for thin notebooks starting with a 12-inch screen.

AMD PRO A12-9800B

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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.

ModelAMD PRO A12-9830BAMD A12-9700PAMD PRO A12-9800B
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Bristol Ridge
CodenameBristol RidgeBristol RidgeBristol Ridge
Series: Bristol Ridge Bristol Ridge
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
AMD FX-9830P3 - 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 A12-9700P « 2.5 - 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
AMD FX-9830P3 - 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 A12-9800B « 2.7 - 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 MHz2500 - 3400 MHz2700 - 3600 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 44 / 4
TDP25-45 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors3100 Million3100 Million3100 Million
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
Die Size250 mm2250 mm2250 mm2
max. Temp.90 °C90 °C90 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8
iGPUAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 900 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerproducts.amd.comproducts.amd.comproducts.amd.com
SocketFP4FP4

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 222     avg: 225.5     median: 225.5 (1%)     max: 229 Points
min: 222     avg: 225.3     median: 225 (1%)     max: 229 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 78     avg: 79     median: 79 (24%)     max: 80 Points
min: 75     avg: 75.7     median: 75 (23%)     max: 77 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.92     avg: 2.3     median: 2.3 (3%)     max: 2.62 Points
min: 2.47     avg: 2.6     median: 2.6 (3%)     max: 2.7 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.76     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (21%)     max: 0.94 Points
min: 0.86     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (22%)     max: 0.9 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2262     avg: 2429     median: 2429 (15%)     max: 2596 Points
min: 2564     avg: 2593     median: 2592.5 (16%)     max: 2621 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 5148     avg: 6168     median: 6168 (4%)     max: 7188 Points
min: 6854     avg: 7056     median: 7055.5 (5%)     max: 7257 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
10237 Points (7%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
3499 Points (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
475.7 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
13.8 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
1462 Points (2%)
1383 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
16.7 fps (6%)
16.5 fps (6%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
84.6 fps (20%)
77 fps (18%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (6%)
0.3 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.8 GB/s (5%)
1.8 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3344     avg: 3498     median: 3498 (7%)     max: 3652 Points
3249 Points (7%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
19.2 s (4%)
18.6 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
42.1 s (2%)
41.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
980 s (4%)
908 s (4%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
7608 Points (7%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2524     avg: 2527     median: 2527 (7%)     max: 2530 Points
min: 2232     avg: 2318     median: 2275 (6%)     max: 2448 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
25886 Points (21%)
min: 24353     avg: 25657     median: 25657 (21%)     max: 26961 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
25743 Points (21%)
min: 25150     avg: 25871     median: 25871 (21%)     max: 26592 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
27373 Points (23%)
min: 27021     avg: 27778     median: 27778 (23%)     max: 28535 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2283     avg: 2306     median: 2306 (6%)     max: 2329 Points
min: 1989     avg: 2038     median: 2035 (5%)     max: 2089 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2981     avg: 3125     median: 3124.5 (6%)     max: 3268 Points
min: 2739     avg: 2999     median: 3007 (5%)     max: 3251 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1069 Points (5%)
min: 437     avg: 439     median: 439 (2%)     max: 441 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2158 Points (29%)
2073 Points (28%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4899 Points (12%)
4453 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5371     avg: 5464     median: 5464 (10%)     max: 5557 Points
5326 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2062     avg: 2091     median: 2091 (41%)     max: 2120 Points
2031 Points (40%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
5824 Points (9%)
5575 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2308 Points (35%)
2109 Points (32%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
3270 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2974 Points (27%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
7151 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
6518 Points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
5705 Points (15%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
2059 ms (2%)
min: 2152     avg: 2225     median: 2159 (3%)     max: 2363 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
164.9 ms (2%)
170.4 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
19404 Points (17%)
min: 16552     avg: 17731     median: 18206 (16%)     max: 18435 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
31.9 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
33.3 Watt (6%)

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