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AMD A12-9800

Processor

CPU cores: Reported value 1: 4^*
Reported value 2: 2^*
Reported value 3: 2^*
Reported value 4: 4^*
CPU threads: 4^*
Maximum boost clock: 4.2 GHz^*
Thermal design power: 65 W^*

Benchmark results

PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark3,447^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark · version unreported · threadMark1,607^*Platform unreported Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · mark5,517^*Platform unreported Compare results

Processing & platform

CPU cores: Reported value 1: 4^*
Reported value 2: 2^*
Reported value 3: 2^*
Reported value 4: 4^*
CPU threads: 4^*
Base clock: 3.8 GHz^*
Reported CPU clock: 3.8 GHz^*
Maximum boost clock: 4.2 GHz^*
Architecture: Excavator^*
Socket / package: AM4^*
Process node: 28 nm^*
Reported chip die area: 246 mm²^*
Chip/package TDP: 65 W^*
Transistors: 1,178 million^*

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 65 W^*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 10 fields

Name: AMD A12-9800^*
Cores: 4^*
Threads: 4^*
TDP: 65^* W
Socket: AM4^*
Integrated GPU: Radeon R7^*
Producer: AMD^*
Base Clock: 3.8^* GHz
Turbo Clock: GHz^*
Unlocked Multiplier: No^*

Specifications 2 · 12 fields

name: AMD A12-9800^*
cores: 2^*
logicals: 2^*
samples: 141^*
price: 101.99^*
tdp: 65^*
date: 2016-10-01^*
socket: AM4^*
category: Desktop^*
speed: 3,800^*
turbo: 4,200^*
cpuCount: 1^*

Specifications 3 · 2 fields

brand: AMD^*
name: AMD A12-9800^*

Specifications 4 · 9 fields

Vendor: AMD^*
Product: AMD A12-9800^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2017-07-27^*
Process Size (nm): 28^* nm
TDP (W): 65^* W
Die Size (mm^2): 246^* mm²
Transistors (million): 1,178^*
Freq (MHz): 3,800^* MHz

Specifications 5 · 11 fields

name: AMD A12-9800^*
socket: AM4^*
category: Desktop^*
price: $129.99^*
mark: 5,517^*
value: 42.44^*
single thread: 1,848^*
single thread value: 14.22^*
tdp: 65^*
powerperf: 84^*
testdate: Oct 2016^*

Specifications 6 · 7 fields

microarchitecture

Excavator^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

boost clock

4.2^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

3.8^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

4^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

graphics

Radeon R7 (on-die)^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

AMD A12-9800^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A12-9800^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A12-9800^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Specifications 7 · 12 fields

cpuName

AMD A12-9800^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

testDate

2,016^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

socket

AM4^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*