Xeon Bronze 3508U vs A12-9720P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Bronze 3508U outperforms A12-9720P by a whopping 326% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2217 | 1118 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.54 | 5.38 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | no data |
| Release date | 1 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 22.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 83 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | no 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.
| Socket | FP4 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 125 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 extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no 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 types | DDR4 | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9720P and Xeon Bronze 3508U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
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.
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.
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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