AMD FX-9830P socket: Socket FP4

What the FX-9830P is

The FX-9830P brings Bristol Ridge to FP4 for performance notebooks with DDR4. It launched on May 31, 2016 with a 3.0 GHz base and up to 3.7 GHz boost at 35 W. AMD targets 15 inch portables that need four cores with fast graphics.

Two megabytes of L2 carry office work, browsing and light creation without L3. The high base clock keeps apps responsive. Four threads separate foreground tasks from background services.

Radeon R7 graphics with 8 compute units at 900 MHz drive notebook panels and external monitors. The process is 28 nm on a 250 mm2 die. The multiplier is locked. DDR4-2400 in two channels, with DDR3-2133 on some boards, feeds CPU and graphics.

Buyers choose the chip at order time with memory size and display tier. The 35 W rating suits larger bodies with dual heat pipes. A 90 C junction limit guides thermal design for sustained loads.

Socket and motherboard compatibility

The FX-9830P is soldered to the board on Socket FP4 and cannot be replaced. Upgrading means replacing the board or the whole notebook, so choose core count and memory at purchase. Boards pair the SoC with SODIMM slots for DDR4 and eDP for panels.

FP4 boards wire PCIe, SATA and USB per notebook design. AM4 desktop boards cannot take this BGA chip. The LGA, PGA and BGA: CPU package types explained guide explains soldered packages.

Single socket notebooks are the deployment. Growth means another FP4 notebook rather than a chip swap. Service follows the maker manual for fan cleaning.

Memory, PCIe and cooling

DDR4-2400 in two channels suits performance notebooks with SSDs. Matched pairs help R7 graphics during play and creation. Start with 8 GB for office use and 16 GB for media work.

PCIe 3.0 with 8 lanes from the APU serves NVMe and board devices. Most builds rely on R7 and skip discrete graphics. Chipset class I/O adds extra storage and USB.

Cooling has no retail mount pattern because the chip is soldered. Vendors design heat pipes for 35 W with cTDP down to 25 W on some boards. Keep vents clear where notebooks run daily.

Upgrade paths

On the same socket, the AMD FX-9800P drops to 2.7 GHz base at 15 W for thin notebooks with slower graphics. A12-9730P parts give similar cores with fewer GPU units where listed. Both share FP4 boards but differ in power class.

AM4 Bristol Ridge APUs move desktop fleets to socketed parts. They require new boards and DIMMs.

Past FP4 notebooks move to Ryzen mobile on FP5 or FP6. The FX-9830P covers 2016 performance notebooks where four cores with fast R7 must run at 35 W.