AMD A12-9800: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started A12-9800 sales 27 July 2017 at a recommended price of $139. This is a Bristol Ridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.33% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

A12-9800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1674
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money2.83
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$139of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$153 (1.1x MSRP)of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.8 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache2048 KBof 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,178 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on A12-9800 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A12-9800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
FRTC1
FreeSync1
PowerTune+
TrueAudio+
PowerNow+
PowerGating+
VirusProtect+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A12-9800's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A12-9800.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count8
Enduro+
UVD+
VCE+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A12-9800's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A12-9800's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12
Vulkan1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes8of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A12-9800. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A12-9800 2.33

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A12-9800 3583

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A12-9800 696

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A12-9800 1691

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall A12-9800 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A12-9800 is Pentium Gold G5600T, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 7 positions in our ranking.

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