A12-9720P vs A6-9400
Aggregate performance score
A6-9400 outperforms A12-9720P by a minimal 4% 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 | 2324 | 2353 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 2.54 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 16 March 2019 (6 years ago) | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-9400 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 | 3.4 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160K | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 3100 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6-9400 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 | AM4 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9400 and A12-9720P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9400 and A12-9720P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9400 and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R5 | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9400 and A12-9720P.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 | 1.54 | 1.48 |
| Recency | 16 March 2019 | 1 June 2016 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 2 Watt |
A6-9400 has a 4.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
A12-9720P, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 3150% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD A6-9400 and AMD A12-9720P.
Note that A6-9400 is a desktop processor while A12-9720P is a notebook one.
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