AMD A10-9600P vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A10-9600 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  No Intel Core i7-11700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No -

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

• A-Core
  No 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  No 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 12
• CPU Threads
  4 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.1 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 32
• Generation
  6 12
• GPU Frequency
  750 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R5 - 384 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2021
• Shader
  384 256
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and AMD A10-9600P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-9600P and Intel Core i7-12700 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 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-9600P and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Alder Lake S
• 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, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 25 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2021
• Socket
  FP4 LGA 1700
• Technology
  28 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d