Intel Atom C3950 vs AMD A12-9800

Let's find out which one of AMD A12-9800 and Intel Atom C3950 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A12-9800 Intel Atom C3950
• Family
  AMD A Intel Atom
• CPU group
  AMD A12-9800 Intel Atom C3000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  7 2

In this block we are going to compare AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Atom C3950 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 1.70 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A12-9800 and Intel Atom C3950 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.11 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8
• Shader
  512
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A12-9800 and Intel Atom C3950. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

To choose the best model between AMD A12-9800 and Intel Atom C3950 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A12-9800 or Intel Atom C3950? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 24 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 \xc2\xb0C 100 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A12-9800 and Intel Atom C3950 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM4 (LGA 1331) BGA 1310
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Denverton
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2017
• Part Number
  AD9800AUABBOX --