3015Ce vs A12-9720P

Place in the ranking	2023	2219
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Pollock (Zen) (2020)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and 3015Ce basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and 3015Ce compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	FP4	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and 3015Ce. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and 3015Ce. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A12-9720P 1.73
+27.2%

3015Ce 1.36

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A12-9720P 2661
+26.8%

3015Ce 2099

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.73	1.36
Integrated graphics card	1.95	2.98
Recency	1 June 2016	4 August 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

A12-9720P has a 27.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

3015Ce, on the other hand, has 52.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The A12-9720P is our recommended choice as it beats the 3015Ce in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A12-9720P and 3015Ce, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.