AMD A12-9720P vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 3 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
1% slightly better overall score
1219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points
2398 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
908 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1190 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
753 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

529 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
309 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

905th of 1,107
910th of 1,107

A12-9720P vs Athlon II X3 450 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A12-9720P beats the Athlon II X3 450 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X3 450 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A12-9720P has slightly more cores than the Athlon II X3 450. Indeed, the A12-9720P has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Athlon II X3 450. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450.

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.

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