AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i5-4310U

A12-9720P vs Core i5-4310U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A12-9720P beats the Core i5-4310U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4310U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A12-9720P has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4310U. Indeed, the A12-9720P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4310U. But they both have the same number of threads. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A12-9720P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.