AMD A4-9120C vs AMD A12-9700P

Let's find out which one of AMD A12-9700P and AMD A4-9120C is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A12-9700P AMD A4-9120C
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• CPU group
  AMD A12-9700 AMD A4-9000
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 6

In this block we are going to compare AMD A12-9700P vs AMD A4-9120C by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 1.60 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A12-9700P and AMD A4-9120C along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8 3
• Shader
  512 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  6 7
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A12-9700P and AMD A4-9120C. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A12-9700P and AMD A4-9120C you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-1866 DDR4-1866
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 1
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A12-9700P or AMD A4-9120C? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 6 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 \xc2\xb0C 90 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A12-9700P and AMD A4-9120C CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  FP4 FP4
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• Release date
  Q4/2016 Q1/2019