A12-9800E: specs and benchmarks

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A12-9800E
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.19

A12-9800E provides poor benchmark performance at 2.19% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started A12-9800E sales 27 July 2017 at a recommended price of $105. 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 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AM4 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt and a maximum temperature of 74 °C. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1850
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.85
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency5.92of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$105of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

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 speed3.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache2048 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors1,178 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on A12-9800E 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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketAM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
FRTC+
FreeSync+
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 A12-9800E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A12-9800E.

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

Graphics interfaces

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

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 12
Vulkan+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes8of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A12-9800E. 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.

A12-9800E 2.19

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.

A12-9800E 3471

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.

A12-9800E 656

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.

A12-9800E 1512

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

A12-9800E's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i3-4330 100.91
Core i7-975 100.46
A12-9800E 100
A10-7870K 99.54
Core i3-4340 99.54

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A12-9800E is Core i7-975, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to A12-9800E:

Core i3-4160 101.37
Core i3-4330 100.91
Core i7-975 100.46
A12-9800E 100
Core i3-4340 99.54
Core i5-2300 98.63
Core i7-965 98.63

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