Ultra 7 265 vs A12-9720P

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Primary details

Comparing A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2070not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency10.53no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads420
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz5.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm3 nm
Die size250 mm2243 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Million17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265 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
SocketFP41851
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265. 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++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)Arc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 20
Threads 4 20
Chip lithography 28 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

A12-9720P has 333.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 265, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A12-9720P and Core Ultra 7 265. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 7 265 is a desktop one.


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