AMD A12-9720P vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 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

7% slightly better overall score

1149 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2264 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

853 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

817 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.71 points

17.15 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1084 points

1720 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

485 points

872 points

79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1190 points

1695 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

529 points

881 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

891st of 1,089

912th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A12-9720P vs Core i7-5500U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A12-9720P performs better than the Core i7-5500U. Despite this, the Core i7-5500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A12-9720P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-5500U that has 2 cores. 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.

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.