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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:
3967th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
3048th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
902nd fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1524
Single Thread Rating
1328

Samples: 291*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A9-9420

Integer Math8,080 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,541 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting2,630 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption468.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression24,447 KBytes/Sec
Physics112 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions885 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,328 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A9-9420

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
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 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,257
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,701
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,624
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,758
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,483
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,597
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,394
AMD A9-9420
 1,524
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.02
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.04
AMD A9-9420
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,392
AMD A9-9420
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A9-9420
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3272082 - Feb 08 2026
774
BL3272075 - Feb 08 2026
774
BL3210497 - Jan 13 2026 [Overclocked]
1832
BL3206319 - Jan 12 2026
1184
BL3202772 - Jan 10 2026
1056
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A9-9420
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A9-9420
 1,524
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,432 (-6.0%)
Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,344 (-11.8%)
AMD A6-9220 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,321 (-13.3%)
Intel Celeron 3965U @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,753 (+15.0%)
AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD A9-9420
 1,363 (-10.6%)
AMD A4-9120 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,222 (-19.8%)
Intel Celeron J3355 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,194 (-21.7%)
AMD Embedded R-Series RX-216GD vs AMD A9-9420
 1,628 (+6.8%)
AMD A9-9410 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,546 (+1.4%)
Intel Celeron N4020 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420
 1,536 (+0.8%)
AMD A9-9425 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,522 (-0.2%)
AMD A6-9225 vs AMD A9-9420
 1,336 (-12.4%)

Is the AMD A9-9420 Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,772
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
 9,417
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 8,992
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
 8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 7,908
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
 7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,764
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
 7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
 7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 6,904
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392
 6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,756
AMD A9-9420
 284