AMD A9-9820: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
A9-9820 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.31% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
AMD started A9-9820 sales 7 April 2019. This is a Cato architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 35 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD BGA 1443 processor with a TDP of 135 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
A9-9820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2155 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.71 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | |
| Architecture codename | Cato (2019) | |
| Release date | 7 April 2019 (7 years ago) |
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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.35 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX) |
| Boost clock speed | 0.04 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per module) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 7 366H) |
| Die size | 363 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 5 billion | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on A9-9820 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AMD BGA 1443 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | of 500 Watt (EPYC Embedded 9755) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A9-9820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| PowerNow | + |
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 A9-9820's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A9-9820.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon RX 350 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 6.0 (EPYC 9016) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A9-9820. 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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A9-9820 is Core i3-6098P, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to A9-9820:
Similar processors
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