AMD A12-9800 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2022-03-28

The AMD A12-9800 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q3/2017. The AMD A12-9800 scores 607 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,827 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	AMD A12-9800
Family:	AMD A (112)
CPU group:	AMD A12-9800 (1)
Architecture:	Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x Excavator

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	--

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD A12-9800 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A12-9800 uses the AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
GPU frequency:	1.11 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	8
Shader:	512
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2016

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	6
Direct X:	12
Technology:	28 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth:	7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	90 °C

Technical details

The AMD A12-9800 is made in 28 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	28 nm
Chip design:
Socket:	AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache:	2.00 MB
L3-Cache:	--
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
Release date:	Q3/2017
Release price:	--
Part Number:	AD9800AUABBOX
Documents:	--

AMD A12-9800
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz (4.20 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD A12-9800 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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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.


	Intel Core i5-4210M 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	666
	Intel Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	658
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	657
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	655
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz	651
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	651
	Intel Core i7-3635QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	649

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.


	Intel Celeron N5105 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2097
	Intel Celeron G3900 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2011
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2011
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1979
	AMD Phenom II X4 955 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1967
	Intel Core i5-2400S 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1965
	Intel Core i5-7200U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1927

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 EPYC 7551P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	611
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	610
	Intel Xeon D-1537 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	610
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	607
	Intel Atom C5315 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	607
	Intel Core i7-975 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	607
	Intel Xeon D-1539 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	607

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 Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1832
	Samsung Exynos 880 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	1830
	Intel Core i7-860S 4C 8T @ 2.53 GHz	1828
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1827
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1826
	Intel Core i7-5557U 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1823
	MediaTek Dimensity 6020 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1822

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.


	Intel Pentium G4560 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	259
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	259
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 18C 36T @ 3.60 GHz	257
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	254
	Intel Celeron N5105 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	254
	Intel Core i3-3220 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	254
	Intel Core i5-2400 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	253

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.


	Intel Core i5-7300U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	802
	AMD FX-8100 8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	796
	Intel Pentium Silver N6000 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	774
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	762
	AMD Athlon 200GE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	761
	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	751
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	751

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 Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz	1152
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz	1152
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.50 GHz	1152
	AMD A12-9800 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.11 GHz	1143
	Intel Core i7-1068NG7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126
	Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.10 GHz	1126

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.


	Intel Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	102
	Intel Core i3-5157U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	102
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	101
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	100
	Intel Core i5-760 4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	99
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	99
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	99

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.


	Intel Core i3-7100H 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	328
	Intel Core i5-5257U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	327
	Intel Pentium G4600T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	327
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	326
	Intel Xeon E5450 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	326
	Intel Core i3-1000NG4 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	326
	Intel Core i3-8130U 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	326

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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