Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 vs A12-9720P

Place in the ranking	2070	3294
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Pentium 4-M
Power efficiency	10.54	0.50
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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	1.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	400 MHz
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7. 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 Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7. 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
+944%

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 0.16

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.

A12-9720P 13.01
+1799%

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 247

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.67	0.16
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

A12-9720P has a 943.8% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The A12-9720P is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A12-9720P and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.