A9-9420e vs A12-9700P

Place in performance ranking	2083	2668
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9700P and A9-9420e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A12-9700P and A9-9420e 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	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9700P and A9-9420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9700P and A9-9420e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9700P and A9-9420e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
iGPU core count	6	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A12-9700P and A9-9420e integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A12-9700P and A9-9420e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9700P and A9-9420e.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	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.

A12-9700P 1.58
+123%

A9-9420e 0.71

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.

A12-9700P 2437
+121%

A9-9420e 1104