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: 22.05

Overall Rank:
2929th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
2543rd fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
773rd fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3726

Single Thread Rating

1720

Samples: 37*
*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	19,620 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,349 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,364 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,180 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	62,680 KBytes/Sec
Physics	243 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,207 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,720 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD PRO A12-9800

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,051
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,568
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,820
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,536
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,023
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD PRO A12-9800		3,726

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		174.80
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.18
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		95.77
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.92
AMD PRO A12-9800		22.05
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD PRO A12-9800		1,720

Last 5 Baselines for AMD PRO A12-9800
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3671563 - Aug 25 2026		3163
BL3614251 - Jul 28 2026		3956
BL2915333 - Sep 17 2025		3464
BL2691592 - Jun 12 2025		3997
BL2481511 - Mar 14 2025		4133

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

Popular comparisons for AMD PRO A12-9800
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD PRO A12-9800		3,726
Intel Pentium G4620 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,760 (+0.9%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,546 (-4.8%)
Intel Core i3-7300T @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,154 (+11.5%)
AMD PRO A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,620 (-2.8%)
AMD PRO A12-9800E vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,049 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,357 (+17.0%)
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		4,106 (+10.2%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,845 (+3.2%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,610 (-3.1%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,520 (-5.5%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,389 (-9.0%)
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800		3,169 (-14.9%)

Is the AMD PRO A12-9800 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,384
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,486
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,058
AMD PRO A12-9800		341

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