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    AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD A12-9800

    AMD Athlon X4 970
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2017
    AMD Athlon X4 970
    AMD A12-9800
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD A12-9800

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • AMD A12-9800
      102%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • AMD A12-9800
      105%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      100%
    • AMD A12-9800
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970

    None

    Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

    5% higher single threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    FMA3
    FMA4
    F16C
    TBM
    XOP
    AMD-V
    EVP
    Turbo Core
    CnQ
    NX bit

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD Excavator
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameBristol RidgevsBristol Ridge
    Release DateJul 2017vsSep 2016

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Temp74°Cvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size246mm²vsunknown
    Process28 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 970AMD A12-9800
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      2760 points
    • AMD A12-9800
      2898 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 970
      9124 points
    • AMD A12-9800
      9124 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
      84.76
    • AMD A12-9800
      89

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Athlon X4 970 (simulated)
      319
    • AMD A12-9800
      319

    points - higher is better

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