AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs AMD A12-9800

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
    153%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
    144%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
    162%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Much higher single threaded performance (around 44% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 53% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200.

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
Release DateJun 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200AMD A12-9800
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
    3740 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
    13640 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 (simulated)
    128.65
  • AMD A12-9800
    89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 (simulated)
    518.14
  • AMD A12-9800
    319

points - higher is better