Athlon XP 3100+ vs A12-9720P

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Primary details

Comparing A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2049not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency10.58no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Thorton (2001−2003)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)December 2003 (20 years 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm130 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Million63 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4A
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt68 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 extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRANDno 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 typesDDR4no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)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.



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

Pros & cons summary


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

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

We couldn't decide between A12-9720P and Athlon XP 3100+. We've got no test results to judge.

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


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