Intel Core i5-7260U vs AMD A12-9720P

Core i5-7260U vs A12-9720P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-7260U beats the A12-9720P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A12-9720P 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 Core i5-7260U 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. Indeed, the Core i5-7260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.