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AMD A12-9700P vs AMD A12-9720P

AMD A12-9700P

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The AMD A12-9700P is a mainstream SoC from the Bristol-Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was announced mid 2016. The ULV chip with a TDP of 15 Watts (can be configured to 12 Watts) has four CPU cores (two Excavator modules), a Radeon R7 GPU as well as a dual-channel DDR4-1866 memory controller. Carrizo is a full-fledged SoC and is also equipped with an integrated chipset, which provides all I/0 ports.

Architecture

Bristol Ridge is the successor of the Carrizo architecture and the design is almost identical. Thanks to optimized manufacturing processes and more aggressive Boost behavior, however, the clocks are a bit higher at the same power consumption. The memory controller now also supports DDR4-RAM, in this case up to 1866 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

The performance of the A12-9700P is between the two 15-Watt processors A10-9600P and FX-9800P, and therefore roughly on par with a 15-Watt Core i3 from the Skylake or Kaby Lake series, respectively. Compared to the Intel model, the AMD chip has a small advantage in multi-thread scenarios, but is beaten when you only stress one or two cores. Due to the TDP limitation, the performance of the A12-9700P will drop significantly under sustained workloads.

This means there is sufficient performance for typical office and web applications as well as light multitasking.

Graphics Card

The integrated Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) GPU has 512 active shader units (8 compute cores) clocked at up to 758 MHz. Thanks to the better utilization of the clock range as well as faster DDR4-RAm, the GPU can slightly beat its predecessors Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and competes with a dedicated GeForce 920MX in the best-case scenario (dual-channel memory, low CPU requirements). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings. 

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the A12-9700P with 15 Watts, which is comparable to Intel's ULV models. This means the CPU is a good choice for thin notebooks starting with a 12-inch screen.

AMD A12-9720P

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The AMD A12-9720P is a mainstream SoC from the Bristol Ridge APU series for notebooks (7th APU generation), which was introduced in 2017. The ULV chip with a TDP of 15 Watts (can be configured to 12 Watts, not verified) has four CPU cores (two Excavator modules) clocked at 2.7 - 3.8 GHz (4.05 GHz for single core were briefly achievable in our test sample), a Radeon R7 iGPU as well as a dual-channel DDR4-1866 memory controller. Carrizo is a full-fledged SoC and is also equipped with an integrated chipset, which provides all I/0 ports.

Architecture

Bristol Ridge is the successor of the Carrizo architecture and the design is almost identical. Thanks to optimized manufacturing processes and more aggressive Boost behavior, however, the clocks are a bit higher at the same power consumption. The memory controller now also supports DDR4-RAM, in this case up to 1866 MHz. More technical details are available in the following articles:

Performance

The average A12-9720P in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-4210U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned, making the former a fairly slow chip that's suitable for basic day-to-day activities only as of late 2022.

Graphics

The integrated Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) GPU has 512 active shader units (8 compute cores) clocked at up to 758 MHz. Thanks to the better utilization of the clock range as well as faster DDR4-RAM, the GPU can slightly beat its predecessors Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and competes with a dedicated GeForce 920MX in the best-case scenario (dual-channel memory, low CPU requirements). Many games from 2015/2016 can be played smoothly at low settings.

Power Consumption

AMD specifies the TDP of the A12-9720P with 15 Watts, which is comparable to Intel's ULV models. This means the CPU is a good choice for thin notebooks starting with a 12-inch screen.

ModelAMD A12-9700PAMD A12-9720P
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Bristol Ridge
CodenameBristol RidgeBristol Ridge
Series: Bristol Ridge Bristol Ridge
AMD FX-9830P compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P « 2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9830P compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9830B compare3 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-9800P compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A12-9800B compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9720P « 2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A12-9700P2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9620P compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-9600P compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD PRO A8-9600B compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock2500 - 3400 MHz2700 - 3600 MHz
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors3100 Million3100 Million
Technology28 nm28 nm
Die Size250 mm2250 mm2
max. Temp.90 °C90 °C
SocketFP4FP4
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8DDR4-1866 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
iGPUAMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerproducts.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 222     avg: 225.5     median: 225.5 (1%)     max: 229 Points
min: 229     avg: 234.5     median: 234.5 (1%)     max: 240 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 78     avg: 79     median: 79 (24%)     max: 80 Points
min: 69     avg: 72.5     median: 72.5 (22%)     max: 76 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.92     avg: 2.3     median: 2.3 (3%)     max: 2.62 Points
min: 2.6     avg: 2.7     median: 2.7 (3%)     max: 2.7 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.76     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (21%)     max: 0.94 Points
min: 0.93     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (23%)     max: 0.94 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2262     avg: 2429     median: 2429 (15%)     max: 2596 Points
min: 2640     avg: 2743     median: 2743 (17%)     max: 2846 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 5148     avg: 6168     median: 6168 (4%)     max: 7188 Points
min: 7200     avg: 7361     median: 7361 (5%)     max: 7522 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
415.5 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
13 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
1462 Points (2%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
16.7 fps (6%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
84.6 fps (20%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (6%)
0.4 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.8 GB/s (5%)
1.8 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3344     avg: 3498     median: 3498 (7%)     max: 3652 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
19.2 s (4%)
min: 17.77     avg: 19.6     median: 19.6 (4%)     max: 21.4 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
42.1 s (2%)
min: 39.77     avg: 44.1     median: 44.1 (2%)     max: 48.5 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
980 s (4%)
min: 864     avg: 902     median: 901.5 (4%)     max: 939 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
7608 Points (7%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2524     avg: 2527     median: 2527 (7%)     max: 2530 Points
2761 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
25886 Points (21%)
25648 Points (21%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
25743 Points (21%)
24747 Points (20%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
27373 Points (23%)
min: 24457     avg: 27079     median: 27079 (23%)     max: 29701 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2283     avg: 2306     median: 2306 (6%)     max: 2329 Points
min: 2258     avg: 2330     median: 2329.5 (6%)     max: 2401 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2981     avg: 3125     median: 3124.5 (6%)     max: 3268 Points
min: 3179     avg: 3265     median: 3264.5 (6%)     max: 3350 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1069 Points (5%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2158 Points (29%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4899 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5371     avg: 5464     median: 5464 (10%)     max: 5557 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2062     avg: 2091     median: 2091 (41%)     max: 2120 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
5824 Points (9%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
2308 Points (35%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
2059 ms (2%)
2422 ms (3%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
164.9 ms (2%)
min: 146.6     avg: 192.1     median: 192.1 (2%)     max: 237.6 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
19404 Points (17%)
min: 14783     avg: 16961     median: 16960.5 (15%)     max: 19138 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
31.9 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
33.3 Watt (6%)

Average Benchmarks AMD A12-9700P → 100% n=21

Average Benchmarks AMD A12-9720P → 103% n=21

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