AMD A12-9720P vs AMD Phenom II X4 965. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  AMD A AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  6 4
• Predecessor
  No -
• 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 -
• B-Core
  No -
• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.9 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

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 -
• Execution units
  8 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  760 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  28 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 965 and AMD A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR2-1066
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9720P and AMD Phenom II X4 965 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 140 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9720P and AMD Phenom II X4 965, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Deneb (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q3/2009
• Socket
  FP4 AM3
• Technology
  28 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V