Xeon Bronze 3508U vs A12-9720P

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Aggregate performance score

A12-9720P
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.64
Xeon Bronze 3508U
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 125 Watt
6.98
+326%

Xeon Bronze 3508U outperforms A12-9720P by a whopping 326% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22171118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency10.545.38
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)no data
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.2 GHz
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cacheno data22.5 MB
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C83 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U 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.

SocketFP4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U. 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, RDRANDIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U.

PCIe versionno data4
PCI Express lanesno data80

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.

A12-9720P 1.64
Xeon Bronze 3508U 6.98
+326%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

A12-9720P 2638
Xeon Bronze 3508U 11224
+325%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.64 6.98
Recency 1 June 2016 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

A12-9720P has 733.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3508U, on the other hand, has a 325.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A12-9720P in performance tests.

Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while Xeon Bronze 3508U is a server/workstation one.

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