AMD PRO A12-9800: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started PRO A12-9800 sales 3 October 2016. 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. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1659
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	3 October 2016 (7 years old)

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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache	2048 KB	of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
Chip lithography	28 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	3,100 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on PRO 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 configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
FRTC	1
FreeSync	1
PowerTune	+
TrueAudio	+
PowerNow	+
PowerGating	+
Out-of-band client management	+
VirusProtect	+
RAID	-

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V	+
IOMMU 2.0	+

Memory specs

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

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

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

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	8
Enduro	+
UVD	+
VCE	+

Graphics interfaces

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

DisplayPort	+
HDMI	+

Graphics API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	8	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

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

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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.

Relative perfomance

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

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