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.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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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:
3507th fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
2722nd fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
829th fastest in out of 1464 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1516

Single Thread Rating

1314

Samples: 253*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A9-9420

Integer Math	8,164 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,548 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,630 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	458.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,046 KBytes/Sec
Physics	111 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	879 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,314 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A9-9420

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of April 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of April 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 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,903
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,144
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,320
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,813
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,714
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,723
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,617
AMD A9-9420		1,516

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.00
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.12
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
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 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,053
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,033
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,927
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,658
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,640
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,602
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
AMD A9-9420		1,314

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A9-9420
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2535047 - Apr 06 2025		1187
BL2524105 - Apr 01 2025 [Overclocked]		1577
BL2500057 - Mar 22 2025 [Overclocked]		1916
BL2454974 - Mar 03 2025		1875
BL2448943 - Feb 28 2025		1675

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A9-9420
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A9-9420		1,516
AMD A6-9220 vs AMD A9-9420		1,283 (-15.4%)
Intel Celeron 3965U @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,732 (+14.3%)
AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD A9-9420		1,357 (-10.5%)
Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,331 (-12.2%)
AMD A4-9120 vs AMD A9-9420		1,218 (-19.6%)
Intel Celeron J3355 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,197 (-21.0%)
AMD Embedded R-Series RX-216GD vs AMD A9-9420		1,628 (+7.4%)
Intel Celeron N4020 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,552 (+2.4%)
AMD A9-9410 vs AMD A9-9420		1,548 (+2.1%)
AMD A9-9425 vs AMD A9-9420		1,528 (+0.8%)
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,428 (-5.8%)
AMD A6-9225 vs AMD A9-9420		1,337 (-11.8%)

Is the AMD A9-9420 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,609
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,110
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,072
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,814
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,808
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,789
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,558
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,164
AMD A9-9420		281

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