AMD A9-9420

Benchmarks for the AMD A9-9420 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD A9-9420 Good for Gaming?

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AMD A9-9420

Description: RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G

Class: Laptop

Socket:

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A9-9420 RADEON R5, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3368th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2632nd fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
801st fastest in out of 1435 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1498

Single Thread Rating

1296

Samples: 235*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,381
Thread: 1,445

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A9-9420

Integer Math	8,085 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,510 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,620 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	453.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	23,685 KBytes/Sec
Physics	110 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	867 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,296 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A9-9420

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,084
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,004
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,416
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,478
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,567
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,017
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,835
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,803
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,728
AMD A9-9420		1,498

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.69
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.48
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.25
AMD A9-9420		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,073
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,043
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,675
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,654
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,612
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,421
AMD A9-9420		1,296

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A9-9420
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2222498 - Oct 18 2024 [Overclocked]		1630
BL2220725 - Oct 16 2024		1585
BL2217427 - Oct 12 2024 [Overclocked]		1620
BL2208940 - Oct 02 2024 [Overclocked]		1790
BL2205932 - Sep 28 2024 [Overclocked]		1649

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A9-9420
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A9-9420		1,498
AMD A6-9220 vs AMD A9-9420		1,283 (-14.4%)
Intel Celeron 3965U @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,732 (+15.6%)
AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD A9-9420		1,357 (-9.4%)
Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,321 (-11.8%)
AMD A4-9120 vs AMD A9-9420		1,217 (-18.8%)
Intel Celeron J3355 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,197 (-20.1%)
AMD Embedded R-Series RX-216GD vs AMD A9-9420		1,628 (+8.6%)
AMD A9-9410 vs AMD A9-9420		1,522 (+1.6%)
AMD A9-9425 vs AMD A9-9420		1,512 (+0.9%)
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A9-9420		1,426 (-4.9%)
AMD A6-9225 vs AMD A9-9420		1,333 (-11.1%)
AMD Embedded G-Series GX-224IJ Radeon R4E vs AMD A9-9420		1,271 (-15.2%)

Is the AMD A9-9420 Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,006
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,913
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,823
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,585
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,338
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,262
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,217
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,200
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,997
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,940
AMD A9-9420		278

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