AMD A12-9800 vs AMD FX-6330

AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800
AMD FX-6330
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Dec 2015
AMD FX-6330

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • AMD FX-6330
    123%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • AMD FX-6330
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A12-9800
    100%
  • AMD FX-6330
    134%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

60 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6330.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6330

11% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 34% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 23% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD FX-6330

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6330

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD FX-6330

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6330

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsVishera
Release DateSep 2016vsDec 2015

Cores

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
Cores4vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsNo

Cache

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-PGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A12-9800AMD FX-6330
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.4 V
TDP65 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points
  • AMD FX-6330
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points
  • AMD FX-6330
    10804 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    319
  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    428.91

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A12-9800
    89
  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    99.63

points - higher is better