AMD A12-9720P vs AMD A8-5500B

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1234 points

5% slightly better overall score

1173 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points

6% slightly better gaming score

2216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

887 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

851 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.71 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

11.36 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1084 points

1255 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

485 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

451 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1190 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

971 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

529 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

399 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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Ranking in the hardwareDB database

891st of 1,089

906th of 1,089

A12-9720P vs A8-5500B benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A12-9720P performs better than the A8-5500B. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500B in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A12-9720P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-5500B that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A12-9720P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.