PRO A12-9800: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
PRO A12-9800 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.43% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
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.
Primary details
PRO A12-9800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 1770 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 3.40 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | |
| Release date | 3 October 2016 (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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
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 | + | |
| FreeSync | + | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| TrueAudio | + | |
| PowerNow | + | |
| PowerGating | + | |
| Out-of-band client management | + | |
| VirusProtect | + |
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 | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
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.
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.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to PRO A12-9800 is Core i5-3335S, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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