A6-9220e vs A12-9720P

Place in performance ranking	1951	2671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD 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	$308

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and A6-9220e 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	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 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 A6-9220e 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	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and A6-9220e. 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 A6-9220e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and A6-9220e. 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 R4 (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
+173%

A6-9220e 0.63

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 173% 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
+174%

A6-9220e 971

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 174% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A12-9720P 2743
+160%

A6-9220e 1056

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 160% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A12-9720P 7361
+323%

A6-9220e 1741

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 323% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A12-9720P 13.01
+171%

A6-9220e 35.2

A6-9220e outperforms A12-9720P by 171% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A12-9720P 235
+173%

A6-9220e 86

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 173% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A12-9720P 73
+134%

A6-9220e 31

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 134% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A12-9720P 1.8
+429%

A6-9220e 0.3

A12-9720P outperforms A6-9220e by 429% in TrueCrypt AES.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.72	0.63
Integrated graphics card	1.95	1.17
Recency	1 June 2016	1 June 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt