AMD A10-9600P vs AMD A12-9720P. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A10-9600 AMD A12-9700
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  6 6
• Predecessor
  No No
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  No No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  No No
• B-Core
  No No
• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
• C-Core
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.6 GHz 2.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  5 8
• Generation
  6 6
• GPU Frequency
  750 MHz 760 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R5 - 384 AMD Radeon R7 - 512
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2016
• Shader
  384 512
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A12-9720P and AMD A10-9600P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-1866
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 3.0 x 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-9600P and AMD A12-9720P Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No No
• TDP down
  No No
• TDP up
  No No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-9600P and AMD A12-9720P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Excavator
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  No No
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2016
• Socket
  FP4 FP4
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V