AMD Turion X2 RM-76 vs A12-9720P

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General info

Comparing A12-9720P and Turion X2 RM-76 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1907not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridge2x AMD Turion
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Griffin (2008−2009)
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years old)1 January 2009 (15 years old)
Current price$502 $40

Technical specs

A12-9720P and Turion X2 RM-76 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus supportno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data0 MB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
Chip lithography28 nm65 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Turion X2 RM-76 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.

SocketFP4Socket S1 (638)
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Turion X2 RM-76. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 RAM, PCIe 3.0 x8MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNowno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Turion X2 RM-76. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4no 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.


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 2743
+55%
Turion X2 RM-76 1770

A12-9720P outperforms Turion X2 RM-76 by 55% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A12-9720P 7361
+120%
Turion X2 RM-76 3342

A12-9720P outperforms Turion X2 RM-76 by 120% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 June 2016 1 January 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

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