Intel Core i7-6650U vs AMD A12-9720P

Core i7-6650U vs A12-9720P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A12-9720P beats the Core i7-6650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6650U 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 i7-6650U. Indeed, the A12-9720P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6650U. 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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.