AMD A12-9800 vs AMD A10-9700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9800 AMD A10-9700
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  7 7
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop 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
  3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 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
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 6
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  1110 MHz 1050 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 AMD Radeon R7 - 384
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2017
• Shader
  512 384
• Technology
  28 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 A10-9700 and AMD A12-9800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9800 and AMD A10-9700 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No No
• TDP down
  No 45 W
• TDP up
  No No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9800 and AMD A10-9700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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