AMD PRO A12-9800

Benchmarks for the AMD PRO A12-9800 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 A12-9800

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

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 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 A12-9800 R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 22.20

Overall Rank:
2695th fastest in multithreading out of 5783 CPUs
2327th fastest in single threading out of 5783 CPUs
730th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $169.00 USD (2017-02-06)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3751

Single Thread Rating

1724

Samples: 35*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 6,099
Thread: 1,914

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD PRO A12-9800

Integer Math	19,768 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,396 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,433 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,198 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	63,251 KBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,214 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,724 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD PRO A12-9800

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,087
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD PRO A12-9800		3,751

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.61
AMD PRO A12-9800		22.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD PRO A12-9800		1,724

Last 5 Baselines for AMD PRO A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2915333 - Sep 17 2025		3464
BL2691592 - Jun 12 2025		3997
BL2481511 - Mar 14 2025		4133
BL2462763 - Mar 07 2025		3829
BL2061127 - Mar 25 2024		4015

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

Popular comparisons for AMD PRO A12-9800
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD PRO A12-9800		3,751
Intel Pentium G4620 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,775 (+0.6%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,561 (-5.1%)
Intel Core i3-7300T @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,140 (+10.4%)
AMD PRO A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,607 (-3.8%)
AMD PRO A12-9800E vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,128 (-16.6%)
Intel Core i5-7500T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		5,230 (+39.4%)
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,373 (+16.6%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,102 (+9.3%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,534 (-5.8%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,532 (-5.9%)
Intel Core i5-6400T @ 2.20GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,251 (+13.3%)
AMD A12-9800E vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,416 (-8.9%)

Is the AMD PRO A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD PRO A12-9800		341

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