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: 65.65

Overall Rank:
2248th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
1990th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
654th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

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

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 December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9800

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$55.00 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD A12-9800		3,611

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
AMD A12-9800		65.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
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 December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9800		3,611
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,325 (+19.8%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,539 (-2.0%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,135 (+14.5%)
Intel Core i3-6300 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,317 (+19.6%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,291 (+18.9%)
Intel Core i3-6100T @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,651 (+1.1%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,520 (-2.5%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A12-9800		3,401 (-5.8%)
AMD A10-7860K vs AMD A12-9800		3,284 (-9.0%)
Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs AMD A12-9800		6,802 (+88.4%)
Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		6,036 (+67.2%)
Intel Core i5-7500T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		5,212 (+44.4%)

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD A12-9800		486

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