A12-9720P vs Ryzen 7 7840H

Place in performance ranking	301	1954
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Phoenix	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	January 2023 (1 year ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	no data	$502

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7840H 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	4 nm	28 nm
Die size	178 mm²	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	25,000 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7840H 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	FP8	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7840H 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	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and A12-9720P are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5-5600

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780M

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7840H and A12-9720P.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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.

Ryzen 7 7840H 18.41
+970%

A12-9720P 1.72

Ryzen 7 7840H outperforms A12-9720P by 970% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 7840H 28476
+969%

A12-9720P 2664

Ryzen 7 7840H outperforms A12-9720P by 969% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.41	1.72
Integrated graphics card	18.36	1.95
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	4 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt