AMD A12-9700P vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 AMD Ryzen 5000G
• Family
  AMD A Ryzen
• Generation
  6 4
• Predecessor
  No AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• A-Core
  No -
• B-Core
  No -
• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.7 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 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
  8 7
• Generation
  6 9
• GPU Frequency
  760 MHz 1900 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2020
• Shader
  512 448
• Technology
  28 nm 7 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 7

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

• AV1
  No No
• 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 / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD A12-9700P. 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
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 24
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9700P and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 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 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No 45 W
• TDP up
  No -
• Configurable TDP
  - 45-65 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9700P and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Cezanne (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 16 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 2021-04-13
• Socket
  FP4 AM4
• Technology
  28 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Cezanne
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000252BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - 100-100000252MPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000252
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth