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AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i3-7100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
AMD A12-9720P
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 55 %
AMD A12-9720P
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-7100
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
489
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
973
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
1,278
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
2,076
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD A12-9720P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
782
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel HD Graphics 630
422
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
543
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
1,104
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
76 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
168 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
237 cb
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz
425 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupAMD A12-9700 (2)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureExcavator (Bristol Ridge)Kaby Lake S
Technology28 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketFP4LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i3-6100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Excavator 2x
Frequency: 2.70 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.90 GHz
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
GPU nameAMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.76 GHz0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 51224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology28 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
MemoryDDR4-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 83.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth7.9 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
TDP15 W51 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.90 °C100 °C

Technical details

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AMD A12-9720PIntel Core i3-7100
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2016Q1/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD A12-9720P
AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i3-7100
Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

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