AMD Ryzen 3 2300U vs AMD A12-9700P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD A
• Generation
  1 6
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000U AMD A12-9700
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- No
• B core
  -- No
• C core
  -- No

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics AMD Radeon R7 - 512
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz 0.76 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  6 8
• Shader
  384 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 6
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A12-9700P and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-1866
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 3 2300U and AMD A12-9700P to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  25 W No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  12 W No
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 3 2300U and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Raven Ridge (Zen) Excavator
• Technology
  14 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  FP5 FP4
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q4/2016