AMD PRO A12-8870

Benchmarks for the AMD PRO A12-8870 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.

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AMD PRO A12-8870

Description: R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 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 PRO A12-8870 R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2701st fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
2314th fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
727th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3812

Single Thread Rating

1744

Samples: 39*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 6,040
Thread: 1,896

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD PRO A12-8870

Integer Math	20,609 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,445 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,684 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,223 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	65,412 KBytes/Sec
Physics	237 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,220 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,744 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD PRO A12-8870

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of March 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 Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,413
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,934
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,596
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD PRO A12-8870		3,812

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.47
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.71
Intel Core i5-12400F		45.21
AMD PRO A12-8870		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,599
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD PRO A12-8870		1,744

Last 5 Baselines for AMD PRO A12-8870
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3317890 - Feb 28 2026		3909
BL3107961 - Dec 05 2025		3912
BL3080624 - Nov 25 2025		4120
BL2968801 - Oct 11 2025		3768
BL2902052 - Sep 12 2025		3898

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

Popular comparisons for AMD PRO A12-8870
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD PRO A12-8870		3,812
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		4,313 (+13.1%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,534 (-7.3%)
Intel Core i5-7400T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		4,701 (+23.3%)
Intel Core i3-7300 @ 4.00GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		4,519 (+18.5%)
Intel Pentium G4620 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,778 (-0.9%)
Intel Core i3-7100T @ 3.40GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,749 (-1.7%)
AMD A12-9800 vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,703 (-2.9%)
Intel Pentium G4600 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,631 (-4.8%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,562 (-6.6%)
AMD A8-9600 vs AMD PRO A12-8870		3,273 (-14.1%)
AMD PRO A10-8770E vs AMD PRO A12-8870		2,997 (-21.4%)
Intel Core i3-7300T @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-8870		4,140 (+8.6%)

Is the AMD PRO A12-8870 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,266
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,523
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,163
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,443
AMD PRO A12-8870		340

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