AMD PRO A12-9800E

Benchmarks for the AMD PRO A12-9800E 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 A12-9800E

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

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 35 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 A12-9800E R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 18.51

Overall Rank:
2966th fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
2696th fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
822nd fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3128

Single Thread Rating

1513

Samples: 47*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,735
Thread: 1,627

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD PRO A12-9800E

Integer Math	16,562 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,155 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,547 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	976.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	53,449 KBytes/Sec
Physics	222 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,779 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,513 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD PRO A12-9800E

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,419
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,257
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,937
Apple M4 10 Core		23,682
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,590
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,128

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.64
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		134.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.56
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD PRO A12-9800E		18.51
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD PRO A12-9800E		1,513

Last 5 Baselines for AMD PRO A12-9800E
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3048370 - Nov 12 2025		3309
BL3036814 - Nov 08 2025		3242
BL3025007 - Nov 03 2025		3023
BL5105247 - Oct 22 2025		3235
BL2851231 - Aug 21 2025		3104

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

Popular comparisons for AMD PRO A12-9800E
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,128
Intel Pentium G4620 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,778 (+20.8%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,562 (+13.9%)
AMD PRO A12-9800 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,751 (+19.9%)
AMD PRO A10-9700 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,607 (+15.3%)
AMD A10-7890K vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,534 (+13.0%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,534 (+13.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		2,518 (-19.5%)
AMD A12-9800E vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,416 (+9.2%)
Intel Core i3-4370T @ 3.30GHz vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,361 (+7.4%)
AMD A10-9700E vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,250 (+3.9%)
AMD PRO A10-9700E vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		3,061 (-2.1%)
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E		6,265 (+100.3%)

Is the AMD PRO A12-9800E Good for Gaming?
As of 10th 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		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,795
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,445
AMD PRO A12-9800E		305

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