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AMD A12-9800

Benchmarks for the AMD A12-9800 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?

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AMD A12-9800

Description: RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A12-9800 RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 66.77

Overall Rank:
2323rd fastest in multithreading out of 5025 CPUs
2041st fastest in single threading out of 5025 CPUs
664th fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $55.00 USD (2024-12-18)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3672

Single Thread Rating

1695

Samples: 165*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,559
Thread: 1,858

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A12-9800

Integer Math	20,101 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,245 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,414 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,157 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	62,101 KBytes/Sec
Physics	244 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,147 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,695 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9800

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,794
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,332
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,053
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,512
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,873
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,201
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,720
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,624
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD A12-9800		3,672

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		222.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		212.38
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.23
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.30
Intel Core i9-13900K		105.77
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.38
AMD A12-9800		66.77
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.21
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,613
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,020
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A12-9800		1,695

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2463242 - Mar 07 2025		4047
BL2463225 - Mar 07 2025		4069
BL2459835 - Mar 05 2025		3814
BL2445654 - Feb 27 2025		4089
BL2432014 - Feb 21 2025		3993

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A12-9800
As of 14th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9800		3,672
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,533 (-3.8%)
Intel Core i3-7300 @ 4.00GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,534 (+23.5%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,772 (+2.7%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,294 (+16.9%)
Intel Core i3-6098P @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,995 (+8.8%)
Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,651 (-0.6%)
AMD A10-7860K vs AMD A12-9800		3,274 (-10.8%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A12-9800		2,979 (-18.9%)
Intel Core i5-7400T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,688 (+27.6%)
AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD A12-9800		4,458 (+21.4%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,322 (+17.7%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD A12-9800		4,216 (+14.8%)

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,193
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,502
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,858
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,580
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,524
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,831
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,723
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,476
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,467
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,257
AMD A12-9800		493