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.

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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: 38.01

Overall Rank:
2234th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
1977th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
651st fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $95.00 USD (2024-06-29)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3611

Single Thread Rating

1674

Samples: 156*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A12-9800

Integer Math	19,784 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,155 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,328 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,138 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,503 KBytes/Sec
Physics	240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,119 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,674 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9800

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of November 2024.
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

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HP 5151521 Pavilion 570-P059 Desktop PC, AMD:A12-9800/A12X4, 3.8 GHz, 2 TB, AMD-RADEONR7, Windows 10 Home 64 Bit, Black, MT (Refurbished)

$399.49

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD A12-9800		3,611

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
AMD A12-9800		38.01
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD A12-9800		1,674

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2218931 - Oct 14 2024		4027
BL2211145 - Oct 04 2024		3658
BL2102527 - May 16 2024 [Excluded]		4093
BL2101062 - May 14 2024		4046
BL2042636 - Mar 05 2024		4099

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A12-9800
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9800		3,611
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,760 (+4.1%)
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,611 (+0.0%)
Intel Pentium G4560T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		2,980 (-17.5%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,503 (+24.7%)
Intel Core i3-6320 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,473 (+23.9%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,098 (+13.5%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A12-9800		3,659 (+1.3%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,539 (-2.0%)
AMD A8-9600 vs AMD A12-9800		3,312 (-8.3%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A12-9800		3,007 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i3-7101TE @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,957 (+9.6%)
Intel Pentium Gold G5400 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,735 (+3.4%)

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD A12-9800		486

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