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AMD A12-9800

Price and performance details for the AMD A12-9800 can be found below. 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: 37.86

Overall Rank:
2141st fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
1900th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
623rd fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3597

Single Thread Rating

1668

Samples: 154*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A12-9800

Integer Math	19,741 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,127 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,308 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,132 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,104 KBytes/Sec
Physics	241 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,108 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,668 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9800

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD A12-9800		3,597

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
AMD A12-9800		37.86
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 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD A12-9800		1,668

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2102527 - May 16 2024 [Excluded]		4093
BL2101062 - May 14 2024		4046
BL2042636 - Mar 05 2024		4099
BL1967792 - Dec 11 2023		4055
BL1955344 - Nov 26 2023		3607

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A12-9800
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9800		3,597
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,140 (+15.1%)
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,631 (+0.9%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,593 (-0.1%)
Intel Pentium G4560T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		2,974 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i3-6300 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,343 (+20.7%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,326 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,100 (+14.0%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A12-9800		3,659 (+1.7%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,531 (-1.8%)
AMD A8-9600 vs AMD A12-9800		3,304 (-8.1%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A12-9800		3,014 (-16.2%)
Intel Core i3-7101TE @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,957 (+10.0%)

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD A12-9800		486