A8-3820 vs A12-9720P
Aggregate performance score
A12-9720P outperforms A8-3820 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A12-9720P and A8-3820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2070 | 2240 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.53 | 1.99 |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Llano (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 20 December 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A12-9720P and A8-3820 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | 228 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A12-9720P and A8-3820 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP4 | FM1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and A8-3820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and A8-3820 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and A8-3820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz) | AMD Radeon HD 6550D |
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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.67 | 1.37 |
| Integrated graphics card | 1.96 | 1.04 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 20 December 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
A12-9720P has a 21.9% higher aggregate performance score, 88.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
The A12-9720P is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-3820 in performance tests.
Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while A8-3820 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A12-9720P and A8-3820, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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