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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 Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 4.0 MB,

Other names: AMD A12-9800 RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 40.51

Overall Rank: 1969

Last Price Change: $87.67 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark

3552

Single Thread Rating: 1654
Samples: 151*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A12-9800

Integer Math	19,539 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,065 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,234 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,114 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	59,267 KBytes/Sec
Physics	237 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,093 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,654 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of November 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9800

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of November 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of November 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$160.00 USD	Buy Now!
	$87.67 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of November 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,563
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,404
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,722
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,613
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,033
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,929
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,385
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,780
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,416
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,202
AMD A12-9800		3,552

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of November 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.96
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.86
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.29
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.50
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.89
AMD A12-9800		40.51
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.54
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 28th of November 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,650
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,187
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,050
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,944
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,940
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A12-9800		1,654

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1880713 - Aug 11 2023		3323
BL1827987 - May 27 2023		4078
BL1796383 - Apr 16 2023		3898
BL1790904 - Apr 09 2023		3742
BL1772782 - Mar 18 2023		4015

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A12-9800
As of 28th of November 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9800		3,552
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,157 (+17.0%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,786 (+6.6%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD A12-9800		3,531 (-0.6%)
Intel Pentium G4560T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		2,929 (-17.5%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,346 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,086 (+15.1%)
Intel Core i3-6098P @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A12-9800		4,046 (+13.9%)
AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A12-9800		3,650 (+2.8%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A12-9800		2,823 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i3-6300T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A12-9800		3,999 (+12.6%)
Intel Celeron J4105 @ 1.50GHz vs AMD A12-9800		2,917 (-17.9%)
Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz vs AMD A12-9800		6,811 (+91.8%)

Is the AMD A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of November 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,210
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,078
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,572
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,426
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,344
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,200
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,874
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,815
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,664
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,571
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
AMD A12-9800		480