AMD A12-9720P vs AMD FX-6200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A AMD FX
• Generation
  6 1
• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 AMD FX-6100/6200
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.60 GHz 4.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  No --
• B core
  No --
• C core
  No --

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8
• Shader
  512
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-6200 and AMD A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A12-9720P and AMD FX-6200 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 125 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator Zambezi (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FP4 AM3+
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q2/2012