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AMD A9-9420

Benchmarks for the AMD A9-9420 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 A9-9420 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A9-9420

Description: RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G

Class: Laptop

Socket:

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A9-9420 RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3668th fastest in multithreading out of 5265 CPUs
2839th fastest in single threading out of 5265 CPUs
858th fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1531
Single Thread Rating
1326

Samples: 263*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,381
Thread: 1,445

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A9-9420

Integer Math8,194 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,565 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting2,651 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption464.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression24,330 KBytes/Sec
Physics112 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions885 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,326 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A9-9420

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,145
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,813
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,035
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,234
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,702
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,148
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,632
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,686
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,522
AMD A9-9420
 1,531
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.72
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.81
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.13
AMD A9-9420
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,045
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,912
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,642
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,629
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,598
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,406
AMD A9-9420
 1,326
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A9-9420
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2725431 - Jun 27 2025
1855
BL2725397 - Jun 27 2025
1658
BL2706312 - Jun 19 2025
1756
BL2701930 - Jun 17 2025
1579
BL2699735 - Jun 16 2025
1514
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A9-9420
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A9-9420
 1,531
AMD A6-9220 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,298 (-15.2%)
Intel Celeron 3965U @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,746 (+14.1%)
AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD A9-9420
 1,357 (-11.3%)
Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,337 (-12.6%)
AMD A4-9120 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,224 (-20.0%)
Intel Celeron J3355 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,192 (-22.1%)
AMD Embedded R-Series RX-216GD vs AMD A9-9420
 1,628 (+6.4%)
Intel Celeron N4020 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,544 (+0.9%)
AMD A9-9410 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,540 (+0.6%)
AMD A9-9425 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,514 (-1.1%)
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,430 (-6.6%)
AMD A6-9225 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,335 (-12.8%)

Is the AMD A9-9420 Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,909
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 8,986
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 8,136
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,783
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 7,048
Intel Core i9-13900HX
 6,780
Intel Core i9-13980HX
 6,754
Intel Core i9-13950HX
 6,750
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,706
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
 6,686
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
 6,607
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
 6,447
AMD A9-9420
 284