AMD A12-9720P vs AMD FX-770K

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

1287 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2365 points

2439 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

930 points

971 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

891 points

931 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

15.71 points

18.04 points

14% slightly higher Blender 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

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

891st of 1,089

874th of 1,089

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

A12-9720P vs FX-770K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the FX-770K beats the A12-9720P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A12-9720P 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 FX-770K. Indeed, the A12-9720P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the FX-770K. But they both have the same number of threads. A A12-9720P CPU outputs less heat than a FX-770K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.