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AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core i3-7100U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A12-9800
Rank 2 - 96 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A12-9800
Rank 2 - 79 %
Intel Core i3-7100U
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
254 cb
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
209 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
607
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
585
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
762 cb
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
448 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,827
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,436
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
1,143
Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel HD Graphics 620
384
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9800
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
100 cb
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
103 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
326 cb
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
262 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A12-9800 (1)Intel Core i 7000U (18)
ArchitectureExcavator (Bristol Ridge)Kaby Lake U
Technology28 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketAM4 (PGA 1331)BGA 1356
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100U
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Excavator 2x
Frequency: 3.80 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
GPU nameAMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)Intel HD Graphics 620
GPU frequency1.11 GHz0.30 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 51224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB32 GB
Technology28 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 83.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth7.9 GB/s11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
TDP65 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down7.5 W
T. junction max.90 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core i3-7100U
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2017Q4/2016
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100U
Intel Core i3-7100U
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

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