Celeron M 723 vs A12-9720P
Primary details
Comparing A12-9720P and Celeron M 723 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1931 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | Intel Celeron M |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (7 years ago) | 1 September 2008 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $502 | no data |
Detailed specifications
A12-9720P and Celeron M 723 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 | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 800 MHz |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | 107 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 410 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A12-9720P and Celeron M 723 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 | BGA956 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Celeron M 723. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Celeron M 723. 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) | 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
A12-9720P outperforms Celeron M 723 by 895% 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 outperforms Celeron M 723 by 132% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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%
Celeron M 723 outperforms A12-9720P by 892% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 September 2008 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
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