Core i5-4402E vs A12-9720P

Place in performance ranking	1929	1922
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Intel Core i5
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$266
Current price	$502	$785 (3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Core i5-4402E 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	4
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	3 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Die size	250 mm²	130 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	960 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Core i5-4402E 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	FCBGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Core i5-4402E. 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	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Core i5-4402E are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Core i5-4402E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Intel HD Graphics 4600

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

i5-4402E 1.73
+0.6%

Core i5-4402E outperforms A12-9720P by 1% based on our aggregated 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 2655

i5-4402E 2681
+1%

Core i5-4402E outperforms A12-9720P by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.72	1.73
Integrated graphics card	1.95	1.83
Recency	1 June 2016	1 October 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt