AMD A12-9800 vs AMD EPYC 9174F

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A12-9800		AMD EPYC 9174F
CPU comparison AMD A12-9800 or AMD EPYC 9174F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A12-9800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A12-9800 was released in Q3/2017. The AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9174F was released in Q4/2022.

AMD A (112)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
AMD A12-9800 (1)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
7	Generation	4
Excavator (Bristol Ridge)	Architecture	Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD EPYC 9175F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A12-9800 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A12-9800 is 3.80 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 9174F has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9174F is at 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz).
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9174F
4	Cores	16
4	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.80 GHz	Frequency	4.10 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.15 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9174F
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A12-9800 or AMD EPYC 9174F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
1.11 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	--
28 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
8	Compute units	--
512	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A12-9800 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 9174F supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 460.8 GB/s.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9174F
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR5-4800
64 GB	Max. Memory	6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	12
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	460.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	256.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	5.0
8	PCIe lanes	128
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	504.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A12-9800 is 65 W, while the AMD EPYC 9174F has a TDP of 320 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9174F
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	320 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	400 W
--	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A12-9800 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9174F is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 272.00 MB cache.
AMD A12-9800	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9174F
28 nm	Technology	5 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	SP5
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q3/2017	Release date	Q4/2022
--	Release price	3850 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A12-9800 (34%)

AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A12-9800 (8%)

AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	607 (34%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	1764 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1827 (8%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz	22864 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	655 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1979 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	2286 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz	13687 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	254 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	762 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A12-9800 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.11 GHz	1143 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	100 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	326 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9174F 16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz	0 (0%)

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