AMD A4-5300 vs AMD A12-9800. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A4-5000 AMD A12-9800
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  4 7
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Successor
  - No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - No
• B-Core
  - No
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.6 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Execution units
  2 8
• Generation
  4 6
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz 1110 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7480D AMD Radeon R7 - 512
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2016
• Shader
  128 512
• Technology
  32 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A12-9800 and AMD A4-5300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-2400
• PCIe
  - 3.0 x 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-5300 and AMD A12-9800 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-5300 and AMD A12-9800, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kabini (Jaguar) Excavator
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  1 MB No
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2017
• Socket
  FM2 AM4
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V