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AMD A12-9720P

Benchmarks for the AMD A12-9720P can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A12-9720P Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A12-9720P

Description: RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

Class: Laptop

Socket: FP4

Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A12-9720P RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
2838th fastest in multithreading out of 5122 CPUs
2786th fastest in single threading out of 5122 CPUs
657th fastest in out of 1486 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2638
Single Thread Rating
1306

Samples: 530*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,968
Thread: 1,421

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A12-9720P

Integer Math14,350 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,404 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,672 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption822.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression44,170 KBytes/Sec
Physics185 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,546 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,306 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A12-9720P

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,138
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,864
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,099
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,769
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,671
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,712
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,574
AMD A12-9720P
 2,638
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.88
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.98
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.16
AMD A12-9720P
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,049
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,029
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,921
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,651
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,634
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,409
AMD A12-9720P
 1,306
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A12-9720P
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2584148 - Apr 26 2025
2597
BL2576198 - Apr 23 2025
2190
BL2570152 - Apr 21 2025
2784
BL2556102 - Apr 15 2025
3008
BL2550805 - Apr 13 2025
2860
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A12-9720P
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A12-9720P
 2,638
Intel Core i5-6360U @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 3,091 (+17.2%)
Intel Core i3-7130U @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 3,032 (+15.0%)
Intel Core i3-7100U @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,724 (+3.3%)
Intel Core i3-7020U @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,579 (-2.2%)
AMD A10-9620P vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,521 (-4.4%)
Intel Core i3-6006U @ 2.00GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,274 (-13.8%)
Intel Pentium 4415U @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,246 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i7-6500U @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 3,280 (+24.3%)
Intel Core i5-6300U @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 3,216 (+21.9%)
AMD A12-9730P vs AMD A12-9720P
 3,027 (+14.8%)
Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,994 (+13.5%)
Intel Core m3-7Y32 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD A12-9720P
 2,733 (+3.6%)

Is the AMD A12-9720P Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 8,742
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 8,735
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
 8,237
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,839
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
 7,108
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 7,068
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 6,953
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,952
Intel Core 7 250H
 6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX
 6,793
Intel Core i9-13900HX
 6,791
Intel Core i9-13980HX
 6,776
AMD A12-9720P
 259