A12-9720P vs A6-5400K

Primary details

Comparing A6-5400K and A12-9720P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2498	1954
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$163	$502

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A6-5400K and A12-9720P 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-5400K and A12-9720P 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5400K and A12-9720P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5400K and A12-9720P are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5400K and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon HD 7540D

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 outperforms A6-5400K by 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.82	1.72
Recency	2 October 2012	1 June 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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