AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i7-7500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 Intel Core i 7000U
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 7
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• 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 2.7 GHz
• C-Core
  No -
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.9 GHz 3.5 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 24
• Generation
  6 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  760 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 Intel HD Graphics 620
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2016
• Shader
  512 192
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm

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 Intel Core i7-7500U 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 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9720P and Intel Core i7-7500U 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 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A12-9720P and Intel Core i7-7500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Kaby Lake U
• 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
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 4 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q4/2016
• Socket
  FP4 BGA 1356
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d