A4-9120 vs A12-9720P

Place in performance ranking	1954	2524
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	$502	$253

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and A4-9120 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	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and A4-9120 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	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-1866 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and A4-9120. 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge)

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 1.72
+118%

A4-9120 0.79

A12-9720P outperforms A4-9120 by 118% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A12-9720P 2662
+117%

A4-9120 1225

A12-9720P outperforms A4-9120 by 117% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.72	0.79
Integrated graphics card	1.95	1.03
Recency	1 June 2016	1 June 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt