AMD A12-9720P Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A12-9720P has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP4 socket and was released in Q4/2016. The AMD A12-9720P scores 489 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,278 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the AMD A12-9720P. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD A12-9720P. |
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| Name: | AMD A12-9720P |
| Family: | AMD A |
| CPU group: | AMD A12-9700 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 6 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The AMD A12-9720P has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A12-9720P is 2.70 GHz (3.60 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: | 2.70 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 2.90 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The AMD A12-9720P has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A12-9720P 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: | 0.76 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 8 |
| Shader: | 512 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
| Generation: | 6 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 28 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
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 & PCIeThe processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | 64 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 29.9 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 3.0 x 8 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 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. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 90 °C |
Technical details
The AMD A12-9720P 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: | FP4 |
| L2-Cache: | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| Architecture: | Excavator (Bristol Ridge) |
| Operating systems: |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date: | Q4/2016 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A12-9720P 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.
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.
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4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 760K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-550
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
8C 8T @ 2.95 GHz |
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AMD A8-6500
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-3427U
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio G85
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 9611
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD FX-4130
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i9-12900K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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AMD A10-9700
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.03 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A12-9700P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD FX-9800P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.50 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Intel Celeron G1820
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-2350M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD A10-9620P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200Y
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-9800P
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-7Y54
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,665 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
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FP32 SP iGPU
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries
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Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries
1,102 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries
1,097 entries
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