Ryzen 5 3500U vs PRO A12-9830B

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1345
Place by popularity	not in top-100	36
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	27.57
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Die size	250 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	25-45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9830B and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2016	6 January 2019
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt

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