A12-9720P vs PRO A10-8770

Place in the ranking	1817	2055
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	3.28	10.54
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	October 2016 (8 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P 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	3.5 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	250 mm²	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P 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	1	no data
Socket	AM4	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	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 R7 (Bristol Ridge)
iGPU core count	6	no data
Switchable graphics	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort

n/a

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-8770 and A12-9720P.

PCIe version

3.0

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.

PRO A10-8770 2.25
+34.7%

A12-9720P 1.67

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.

PRO A10-8770 3574
+34.6%

A12-9720P 2656