Athlon 240GE vs A12-9720P

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Aggregate performance score

A12-9720P
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.67
Athlon 240GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.85
+70.7%

Athlon 240GE outperforms A12-9720P by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20701676
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeAMD Athlon
Power efficiency10.537.70
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)21 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplierno data35
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size250 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRANDno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz)AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

A12-9720P 1.67
Athlon 240GE 2.85
+70.7%

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.

A12-9720P 2656
Athlon 240GE 4527
+70.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.67 2.85
Integrated graphics card 1.96 2.98
Recency 1 June 2016 21 December 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

A12-9720P has 100% more physical cores, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon 240GE, on the other hand, has a 70.7% higher aggregate performance score, 52% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon 240GE is our recommended choice as it beats the A12-9720P in performance tests.

Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while Athlon 240GE is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A12-9720P and Athlon 240GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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