AMD A12-9700P vs Intel Core i3-3225. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  6 3
• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 Intel Core i 3000
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.70 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  No --
• B core
  No --
• C core
  No --

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  8 16
• Shader
  512 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7
• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2011

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3225 and AMD A12-9700P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9700P and Intel Core i3-3225 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 55 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9700P and AMD A12-9700P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FP4 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q3/2012