Athlon XP 3100+ vs A12-9720P

Place in the ranking	2070	3267
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Power efficiency	10.54	0.25
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Thorton (2001−2003)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	December 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+ 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	63 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+ 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	FP4	A
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)

no data

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 1.67
+828%

Athlon XP 3100+ 0.18

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 2656
+842%

Athlon XP 3100+ 282

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.67	0.18
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	68 Watt

A12-9720P has a 827.8% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 353.3% lower power consumption.

The A12-9720P is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon XP 3100+ in performance tests.

Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 3100+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.