i3-8000 vs A12-9720P

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Primary details

Comparing A12-9720P and Core i3-8000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2070not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Bristol RidgeIntel Core i3
Power efficiency10.53no data
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9720P and Core i3-8000 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size250 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A12-9720P and Core i3-8000 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)
SocketFP41151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9720P and Core i3-8000. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9720P and Core i3-8000 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9720P and Core i3-8000. 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 data38.397 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)Intel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9720P and Core i3-8000.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.96 3.09
Recency 1 June 2016 1 September 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

A12-9720P has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i3-8000, on the other hand, has 57.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A12-9720P and Core i3-8000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A12-9720P is a notebook processor while Core i3-8000 is a desktop one.


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